Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. She is also the one leading the JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative. Then, COVID happened, technology became more accessible to people inside.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

College-in-prison programs flourished in the 1970’s and 1980’s after the 1965 Higher Education Act made people who were incarcerated eligible for Pell Grants. 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. In 2015, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

On the other hand, Tennessee Tech earned a spot for cancelling the campus events of the Lambda Gay-Straight Alliance in response to a video of its drag show, and Texas A&M was featured for dropping its sponsorship of an annual drag show and preventing students from accessing the previous year’s profits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.” GSU’s student support team created a system of automatic micro-grants, which would be auto distributed to students in need. Tim Renick “Today, we’re over 80% nonwhite,” says Renick.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Along the way, he touches on the Black land grant institutions authorized in 1890 by the Second Morrill Act. Gittleman notes that for those immigrant families who grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey — right across from New York City — access to college almost always meant attending the nearby schools. I couldn’t wait to go to college.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. However, prison reform and the drive to expand access to education programs in prisons have been gaining momentum.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. In spring 2021, the UIA concluded its four-year completion grant initiative after providing more than 5,000 microgrants (valued at $3.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

MSU’s designation as a land-grant institution resonated with Jackson, who had spent much of his academic career working and studying at land-grant institutions. It reminded me of that feel, touch, and access that land-grant schools provide and that it’s a pride point for Michigan State.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Clair Kamp Dush

MAY 31, 2019

How competitive is it to get an NIH grant? The number of submissions to the National Institutes of Health has grown continually over the past 20+ years; in 2018, NIH received more than 55,000 grant applications, of which about 20% were funded, though the success rate varies by NIH institute. Who is actually receiving grants?

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, I have loved having opportunities to do the good work, to have more impact over time, and to now lead an institution that is fundamentally about access, equity, inclusion, for people who are left behind in higher education.” access and inclusion for all, regardless of background. .

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We are grateful for a grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to support this work. Recognizing that virtual collaborative space has never been more crucial for listening to and supporting one another, we are expanding Lab access to partners outside the UIA. Reach out if you're interested in learning more about how to engage.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We are grateful for a grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to support this work. Recognizing that virtual collaborative space has never been more crucial for listening to and supporting one another, we are expanding Lab access to partners outside the UIA. Reach out if you're interested in learning more about how to engage.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs. Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible. Community colleges have seen a.9%

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The big news on the student loan forgiveness front is that the federal government plans to forgive up to $10,000 in federally held student debt, or up to $20,000 if you previously received a Pell Grant. ( Student loan forgiveness for nurses Like teachers, nurses also have access to a variety of federal and state programs for loan forgiveness.

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College Planners of America

AUGUST 29, 2024

Since access to a college education has long been a bipartisan priority, Congress and the Executive branch have attempted to keep pace with skyrocketing tuition. In addition, borrowers who had also received Pell Grants qualified for another $10,000 in forgiveness. Eligible borrowers were to receive up to $10,000 in debt cancellation.

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College Planners of America

AUGUST 29, 2024

Since access to a college education has long been a bipartisan priority, Congress and the Executive branch have attempted to keep pace with skyrocketing tuition. In addition, borrowers who had also received Pell Grants qualified for another $10,000 in forgiveness. Eligible borrowers were to receive up to $10,000 in debt cancellation.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

to produce the highest percentage of college graduates by the year 2020, Duncan helped secure increases in the Pell grant program to boost the number of young Americans attending college and receiving postsecondary degrees. Secretary of Education. In support of the president's goal for the U.S.

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