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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students.

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Two Community Colleges in the South Are Bringing Students Back

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Through carefully targeted programs and partnerships that remove barriers to educational access and success, these leaders hope their latest numbers portend future growth. It was most pronounced from 2016 to 2020, where we dropped about 25% of our enrollment. “It It was a dangerous decay, and Covid pushed it hard nose downward.”

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Pell Grant Increase Will Help Low-Income Students, But More is Needed

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29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year. By January 2022, Black male retention jumped to 79%.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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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. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Intentionality is Key in First-generation Student Success

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Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% For example, we have developed an integrated framework to decrease student debt and increase access to outside scholarships.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

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As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. Dr. Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs. Sustaining success Retention rates have steadily increased.

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Credentials Awarded Drop for Second Year in a Row

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These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A. In particular, institutions should pay attention to marginalized groups access to postsecondary programs, and institutions should consider how to make education more accessible to non-traditional students. The decreases, he added, make him nervous. “In

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