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GAO Report Spotlights HSI Infrastructure Needs

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They also had technology needs, such as, to improve student internet access, cybersecurity, and hybrid learning efforts. GAO analyzed the most recent HSI data on college student and institutional characteristics (2021–2022), finances (2020–2021), HSI grant programs (2017–2022), and COVID-19 pandemic relief funds (2021).

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Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull Recognized for Social Equality Work

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The leader of a Native American higher ed student access organization was recognized and commended by the Bank of America as a Neighborhood Builders Social Equality Awardee (NBSE). leaders awarded by the bank for working to strengthen social equality and economic opportunity. Crazy Bull chose The American Indian College Fund.

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Universities Partner to Investigate and Determine What Makes a “Universal Basic Neighborhood”

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Dr. Nancy Seay The effort entails an 18-month study – funded by a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – to identify features neighborhoods should have to promote resident health. However, one thing that makes neighborhoods different from each other is access to health-supportive resources.

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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

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For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Part-time students can use leftover traditional Pell Grant money to take summer classes, so they don’t qualify for summer Pell.)

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New Analysis Shows Boost in Aid Eligibility from FAFSA Simplification

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SHEEO based its analysis on national and state data from the 2017-18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection. Lower SAI numbers will lead to a greater number of students being eligible for Pell Grants. all covered by your Pell Grant.” The formula is becoming more generous.” At least 7.8%

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

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My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr.,

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Puerto Rican Resilience Is a Lesson for the Mainland

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Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Enrollment decreases are partly due to the exodus of Puerto Rican residents after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the earthquakes, which started rumbling in late 2019 and culminated in two quakes on Jan.