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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under the University of Vermont’s (UVM) new open-access academic press, authors and readers will not have to pay fees to publish or access published materials. Entwined in UVM Press’s diamond open-access model is a sentiment of shared responsibilities and a commitment not to profit, according to its website.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fuentes, who is set to begin her senior year as a scholarship student at the University of California, Riverside, this fall, is majoring in education, society, and human development with a minor in political science. Priscila Fuentes is one of those students. Both of Fuentes’s parents are from Mexico, where she was born.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This trend reversed sharply with the passage of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which banned people in prisons from Pell access. His mounting honors include multiple prestigious scholarships, serving as Commencement Speaker at his Rio graduation, and receiving the 37th Annual AZ Martin Luther King Jr.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. We have excellent outcomes on that; we have great support from our legislature that provides a dual credit scholarship that removes financial barriers,” says Ellis. “We It also licenses nonprofit and for-profit higher education institutions in the state.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

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Sharon Perry Fantini , Vice Provost for Equity Access and Opportunity at Iowa State University. • During our conversation, Dr. Renick summarized the results of a just-completed study of Georgia State undergraduates between 2013 and 2021. Jessica Rowland Williams , Director of Every Learner Everywhere. Erasing the Completion Gap.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. To access the Lab as a non-UIA member, please add your name to our wait list. The number of annual graduates from low-income backgrounds has increased by 50%. The number of overall annual graduates has increased 32%.