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Undergraduate Enrollment Shows Growth for Second Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report’s preliminary data indicates the most significant decline is at four-year institutions that serve low-income students. Institutions that have a large number of undergraduate students who receive Pell Grants also reported a decline in freshman enrollment of more than 10%.

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Advancing the #RealCollege Movement

Believe in Students

I was overjoyed to have the concrete example of what these educators were willing to do for their students, for free (and often putting their own money in), in the midst of their own upended lives. Second, I had spent about fifteen years working to improve college success for first-gen, low-income students.

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Maximize the Impact of Student Success Initiatives with Regular Efficacy Assessment

Civitas Learning

Knowing that the emergency funds had the greatest impact on part-time students, late-career students, low-income students, women, and those with the lowest likelihood of persistence enabled support staff to tailor messaging directly to these student populations.