Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Venette Coleman, director of Institutional Effectiveness at Spelman, says the new initiative aligns with the school’s mission of helping students at an historically Black college for women gain a competitive advantage as they pursue lifelong learning and acquire leadership skills. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But at the highest levels of power, where decisions about student loan policy are made, race is barely discussed at all. But Felix was pessimistic that things would improve anytime soon with new House leadership. Virginia Foxx (R-NC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Empowering HBCU students to reshape the political landscape “I don’t want politicians to be relatable, I want them to be reliable. I don’t care if you have hot sauce in your bag; what are you going to do about student loan debt?” In short, students are speaking, are we listening?

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our mission at Civitas Learning is to empower higher education institutions to help students get through school as efficiently and effectively as possible. We can all agree that part of a degree and all of a student loan is not worth it. We can all agree that part of a degree and all of a student loan is not worth it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Bonner II, who holds the Wilhelmina Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU, brings a different perspective. Dr. Fred A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I vote for five reasons: 1. While growing up in the Deep south during America’s apartheid era, my parents could not vote without paying a poll tax and passing a racist literacy test, reserved exclusively for Blacks. There’s more on the ballot than a collection of partisan or independent candidates seeking office.

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