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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

“We have experienced significant loss of older students, who have typically been our traditional community college students.” Innovations Smith said a rebound in community college enrollment is largely due to dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take community college courses. Dr. Everrett A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

That data show that the students who attend the summer bridge program build great resilience skills, and resilience leads to retention. Another pressing issue, he says, is the cost of education in terms of how it is impacting low-income, first-generation students. She asked many questions, which he gladly answered.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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MAY 9, 2023

How community colleges create opportunities for underserved populations Community colleges are particularly important resources for low-income students— 58% of community college students have low-income backgrounds compared with 42% of students at private four-year colleges.

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

College students in rural America need accessible mental health services now more than ever. In fact, the Association of American Medical Colleges notes that people living in rural areas received lower-quality health care and had worse health outcomes compared with residents of more populated areas. Availability.

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