IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 30, 2024

Black and Hispanic students, and students who receive Pell Grants enroll in institutions that consider legacy in admissions at lower rates The most recent IPEDS data reveal disparities by race, ethnicity, and income in college enrollment between institutions that consider legacy in their admissions process and institutions that do not.

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Accessibility Access Higher education Grant 350

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Last year, we reported that students of color were more likely than White students to face a gap between their total college costs and the financial assistance available to them from grants and family resources, also known as unmet need. i In 2015-16, just 30% of students were immigrants or children of immigrants.

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Financial aid First generation Grant Accessibility 147

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. GSU began relying on predictive data to proactively assist students.

Retention 249

Retention Low income student Database Equity 249

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation 322

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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Mentoring Advising First generation Retention 301

The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. Thu, 12/15/2022 - 06:00.

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Student success Success University Low income student 98

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

During Secretary Duncan's tenure in federal government, one of his notable accomplishments was establishing the First in the World Award , which recognized the prevalence of adult learners, working students, students from underserved groups, and first-generation students in higher ed, and incentivized collaboration for student success innovation.

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Advising Higher education Collaboration Student success 94