Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

She had been waiting outside the door before the office opened, anxiously checking her phone for updates on whether her son was going to be granted a hearing date to commute his sentence. Incarceration is not an individual experienceits a collective trauma that extends into our classrooms, campuses, and student services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. The funding will allow for the hiring of four new student support advocates, who will offer dedicated attention and guidance to these students as they pursue their degrees. Dr. Susan P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The needs of freshmen are also carefully considered, with INSPIRE (Incoming Student Program for Inclusion, Retention and Excellence) as well as student support programs like EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and EXCEL, which create strong networks of support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

It’s easy to understand how these barriers make it impossible for students to start, or finish, their education without deliberate support from student affairs professionals. Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

When I first started looking at graduate programs in higher education/student affairs I had no idea that I would end up moving to Oregon. Eventually, I decided to apply for the College Student Services Administration (CSSA) program at OSU. I was the student affairs web specialist. It was surreal.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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