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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The practice has seen particularly steep drops since 2015, when nearly half of all four-year colleges considered legacy status. More than half of colleges that admit 25% or fewer applicants still provide advantages to alumni children. Several more states are expected to introduce similar legislation in 2025.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.
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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy
JUNE 30, 2024
Yet legacy admissions policies that give preferential treatment to applicants who are related to alumni are still used across the country. Over 100 institutions have eliminated legacy policies since 2015, and three states have banned legacy admissions at public institutions. A year ago, the U.S.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 21, 2024
Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role. In this position, she oversaw multi-million dollar budgets, represented NASPA globally in speaking engagements and the media, and led analysis of applicable federal and state legislation and regulatory developments.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Yet a 2024 report by Community College Research Center, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, and National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that only about a third of 2015 community college entrants transferred and fewer than half of those who transferred earned a degree in six years.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. We have a wonderful program called Pathways, where we do outreach to middle schools, high schools and community colleges, providing application clinics and parent academies,” says Dr. Leroy M. Morishita, interim president at CSULA.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 1, 2023
It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Since 2015, 64 students, 93.75% of whom are Latino, have been placed in internships. “I There are also several transfers from community colleges.
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