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Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr. Honored with Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award

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Chancellor Emeritus at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was honored with the Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award last week at the annual meeting of the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) in Orlando, Florida. Martin, Sr.,

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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

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CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

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This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A. Financial aid packages for first-year students average $47,930, and Holley said there are a large number of Pell Grant recipients in attendance.

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

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For students who started at a community college in 2014, including those who transferred and those who did not, 33% obtained a credential. It seems to be a very good sign for access to bachelor degrees for students who might not be able to afford four years at a bachelor-degree granting institution.”

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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Granting that sort of leeway to aspiring and professional scientists from underrepresented groups has only increased during the five decades that SACNAS has been operating and growing. “One You can do all of that here and be a whole person.” from Duke University in 2017.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible. The program offers a B.A. within six years. “We

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

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Completion Grants. Since launching in 2014, UIA institutions have increased the number of graduates of color produced annually by 93% and the number of low-income graduates produced annually by 50%, resulting in 118,000 more graduates than projected. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.