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MARCH 26, 2024

Jhenai Chandler The Postsecondary Student Success Act – a bipartisan effort that seeks to solidify the ongoing existence of the grant program, which gives funds to higher ed institutions striving towards improving student success, particularly for “high-need” students.

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APRIL 11, 2023

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ( NASA) Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has launched an award to help give minority-serving institutions (MSIs) more research opportunities. Those selected will also be put into cohorts for training and support based on topic areas.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Ipsen The global 2023 Progress, Accomplishment, Thriving, Hope (PATH) Scholarship consists of $10,000-$25,000 grants to higher ed institutions to help students with expenses such as housing, tuition, and food. The Ellucian Foundation will award grants to 25 two-year colleges to help support students facing economic challenges.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

The Common App is a one stop application process that allows students to apply to over 1,000 member institutions by filling out one form, which significantly simplifies the often-daunting process of applying for college. “As Now, 134 MSIs and 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including NCCU, are members.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected 15 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to receive the MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Smith The billionaire – who acquired his wealth through the private equity industry – aims to educate HBCU and minority serving institutions (MSIs) students on financial wellness through his Student Investment Program. The program is supported by Smith and financial institutions Stackwell and Prudential.

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APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It Institutions are split, advocating for the students, faculty and staff and even for themselves.”

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It producing institutions and a lot of [schools] aren’t going beyond that group.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Levine Issues include recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs). The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has released a handbook discussing issues surrounding teachers of color, Indigenous teachers, and ethnoracial diversity. Dr. Felice J.

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MAY 1, 2024

These 10 include the likes of American Institutes for Research (AIR), Jobs for the Future (JFF), Morgan State University, and Spelman College. Some of the key metrics listed in the roadmap are related to better funding institutions that serve minority populations. According to the strategy, the U.S.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Institutions with fewer resources, schools without the sufficient means to adopt or keep current with AI tool usage risk falling behind, subsequently presenting the possibility of another digital divide between those with more and those with less, the report noted. Finch, vice president for enrollment management at the institution.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The money comes from The National Telecommunications and Information Administration as part of the a $268-million Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program , aimed at historically Black colleges and minority serving institutions (MSIs) to install broadband internet access service and train IT personnel.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Those awarded will also produce data, instructions, and best practices to serve as a blueprint for other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and WCUs. “It’s more important than ever we have brilliant, enthusiastic people entering the workforce and ready to take on the ambitious plans and challenges ahead.”

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JANUARY 17, 2024

This is a research partnership with an Hispanic-Serving Institution in California, where the mathematics department has committed to examining whether its practices are truly serving Latinx students. “We Another project that he is working on is titled, “Queer Students of Color in STEM,” a multi-institutional study across PWIs and MSIs.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. to bolster research on campus. The projects will launch this year.

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MAY 4, 2023

Even though some of this same technology is already helping to advance better-resourced institutions, many HBCUs have not been able to keep up with investments in technological infrastructure due not only to budgetary constraints, but also to staffing limitations. Department of Education.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. While TCUs are not a monolith, she found similarities in methodology.

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APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Jorge Valencia Another report from the Williams Institute and the Point Foundation focuses on the experiences of community college students. Leyva appreciates the institutional support he receives.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

The school – it is the third largest public institution in the state of Colorado – is both a minority-serving institution (MSI) and a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), Davidson said. The NSA is the lead agency in the federal government when it comes to any matters relating to cybersecurity,” Mac Namee said.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Dr. Charlie Nelms Approximately forty-years ago, when a small group of Black executives integrated the C-suite at Predominately White Institutions (PWIs), we relied on each other for pro bono counsel and non-judgmental support. In selecting an executive coach, the following are prerequisites I believe to be of paramount importance.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But many of the students who could benefit the most from these opportunities are being left out : only 11% of schools that predominantly serve minorities offer Registered Apprenticeships, according to a report from the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI). These programs stand out in light of how few MSIs offer RAs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

AI also has institutional implications. If artificial intelligence allows professors to reprioritize and focus on the more humanistic aspects of the position, I think that HBCUs and MSIs could use that more than anybody else,” he said. “A It can also look at data in an open-ended way, to find interesting trends and patterns.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

APRIL 5, 2023

We are encouraged that the first PSSG grantees include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), minority-serving institutions (MSIs), and community colleges. President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal included several much-needed increases in higher education funding.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

It’s not like this is a pool of students that’s ‘not college material,’ or couldn’t get into Common App institutions.” In terms of academic readiness, “non-submitters look just like submitters,” said Odle. Many of these disparities mirror gaps that show up later in enrollment and completion statistics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The event highlighted progress within the Equitable Value Movement, elevated lessons for driving change at the institutional, state, and federal levels, and showcased data-driven policies to boost student success and continually improve postsecondary value.

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MAY 1, 2023

While available resources vary from campus to campus, the following best practices are common threads among colleges and universities that comprehensively address student mental health challenges as part of their institutional efforts to support student well-being and success. Tierra Parsons, Director of Counseling Services at Johnson C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Sandy Baum, a nonresident senior fellow in the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank. The bill includes a bounty for historically under-resourced institutions, including HBCUs and other minority serving institutions (MSIs): a $137 million funding increase.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dr. Lynn Pasquerella Two-year institutions are also hoping for recognition. Wong, director of the Urban Education Policy program at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, said he thought that tying higher education to the labor market might be a strategy Biden could use to curry bipartisan support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Miami Dade College (MDC), located in Miami, Florida and one of the nation’s largest Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) received the classification in 2015 and is one of a handful of community colleges across the nation to hold the designation. Dr. Marybeth Gasman But why is applying for this Carnegie Classification important for HSIs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

The current funding commitments are about $500 million and are being used to support endeavors such as the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program, said Dr. Michael Littman, division director for NSF’s division of information and intelligent systems.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Higher education institutions, experts said, are perfectly positioned to be leaders at this moment, using their research, strategic experience, and community knowledge to improve broadband access for everyone in the country. Post-secondary institutions could be instrumental in helping to coordinate and implement varied strategies.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

and several other Democrats – would amend the 1965 Higher Education Act “to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants,” and grants for HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and minority-serving institutions (MSIs), according to the bill. “I Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.),

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JULY 18, 2023

The borrowers were joined by representatives of pro-forgiveness organizations, including the Student Borrower Protection Center; the Debt Collective; and We, the 45 Million, as well as outfits like the New York Legal Assistance Group, the Institute of Student Loan Advisors, and Rise.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

However, that’s not new to those of us who are HBCU alums and advocates for these exceptional institutions. We’ve always approached them as institutions going from strength to strength, even if the areas where HBCUs are strong differ from other types of institutions. And not surprising. Again, welcome home.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Department of Education (ED) to distribute grants for new campus buildings, broadband expansion, and research and instruction equipment at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and qualifying minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Congress must act now.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Supreme Court decision rejecting race conscious admissions at colleges and universities, institutions will try to find ways to provide access for underserved populations while accommodating the current parameters. She adds that HBCU institutions have long dealt with being underfunded. With the U.S. asks Bonner. Dr. Everrett A.

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