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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, the percentage of first-time students enrolling in transfer-level math and English courses within their first year of college rose dramatically between the fall 2015 and fall 2020 cohorts. But it is not just about access—it is about building an educational ecosystem that nurtures every student’s potential.

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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2015 ABA report found that on average law schools receive 69% of revenue from tuition, with 25% of schools receiving at least 88% of their revenue from tuition. At the same time, national legal organizations have expressed cautious optimism. Law schools are highly tuition dependent.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. Dr. Donna Y. Henricks, K.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Given the extensive barriers individuals with criminal convictions face accessing employment, these policy interventions increase the likelihood of positive workforce placement upon completion of a degree. Luckily, there are several efforts underway to streamline access.

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A Decade Later: The Flint Water Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Benjamin Pauli moved to Flint, Michigan, in June 2015, the town was already one year into a water crisis without knowing it. Through 2015 and 2016, volunteers, celebrities, and politicians clambered to the beleaguered city, ushering in national attention, funds, and bottled water.

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

He began new efforts to ensure that colleges and universities provide more transparency around graduation, job placement, and student loan default rates. Arne Duncan, currently a managing partner of the Emerson Collective and distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, was the ninth U.S.