Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. Northern Arizona University (NAU) received HSI status in 2020, which Dr. José Luis Cruz Rivera, NAU’s president, said was very much intentional. She notes it helps build community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Census Bureau’s 2020 Census. With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. The Bronx is home to over one million people, 56% of whom are Latinx, according to 2020 U.S. Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Don Heller, Gigi Jones, and Abby Miller The recent dismantling of affirmative action and the COVID pandemic highlighted the barriers preventing underserved, underrepresented students – students of color and those who are low-income and first-generation – from enrolling in college.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Between July 2020 and July 2021, 1.4 million more people joined the some college but no credential (SCNC) population, deepening existing inequities in educational outcomes and socio-economic mobility for first-generation students, adult students, students from low-income backgrounds and students of color. “The ii 5.

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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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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. College to Career.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Between July 2020 and July 2021, 1.4 SB 175, first introduced in 2023 , will provide grant awards (a maximum of $3,000 for universities and $1,500 for community colleges per academic semester) to for full-time adult learners to support their reenrollment and completion of their credentials. ii 5.

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COE

JULY 25, 2023

In D.C.,   the country’s 15th most segregated metropolitan area , the average span of residents across some neighborhoods  can vary by  decades.  “Ever since 2020, with George Floyd and the reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement, we have just always seen a negative image of Black men on T.V. and in media.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

A graduate of the  University of South Carolina , she credits her understanding of the unique challenges confronting first-generation, low-income students to her participation in the Opportunity Scholars Program (OSP), a subset of TRIO Student Support Services , during college. 

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

As Forbes reports , “Between 1980 and 2020, the average price of tuition, fees, and room and board for an undergraduate degree increased 169%,” thanks to a well-documented confluence of factors. I]n 2020, average education appropriations per full-time equivalent student were still 6% lower overall than in 2008, according to [the] report.”

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. They’re also more likely to be first-generation, come from families in the bottom half of earners, and delay or cancel their college plans due to financial struggles or caregiving responsibilities. December 18, 2020.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Her 2020 book, “ Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent ,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. Wilkerson wrote The New York Times bestselling book, “ The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration ,” which was published in 2010. Both texts were the subject of her keynote speech.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Our starting goal in 2014 was awarding an additional 68,000 undergraduate degrees above baseline over the next decade – a goal that our 11 founding institutions reached four years early with the graduating class of 2020. Now, not quite ten years out, our member schools have collectively more than doubled our initial target.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Find and share it via your podcast app! Each month we aggregate and share the best of what we've learned, heard, and read.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund. José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund Focus: Florida residents. Priority is given to students who have demonstrated financial need or are first-generation students. Haz La U Program Focus: General. Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards Focus: General.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Find and share it via your podcast app! Each month we aggregate and share the best of what we've learned, heard, and read.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

In fact, many of today's students are a bit older, self-supporting (some with dependents), possibly first-generation and/or from underserved or marginalized communities, and lacking the experience or time to find the resources that might better ensure their academic success. in Religion from Princeton University.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

Lack of funding for institutional needs The Federal Government established the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (CARES) on March 27, 2020. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

With Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants ending in 2023, two-year community colleges and four-year public colleges and universities increasingly are advocating for state legislators to assist in funding for mental health resources. “Having telehealth and TimelyCare has made a huge, significant difference on campus.”

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. JW: Yeah, absolutely. I think that's right.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process. Some state grant programs have deadlines as early as February 1, so the later the FAFSA is available, the less time students have to apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

At Morehouse, roughly 50% of its undergraduate population qualifies for the Pell Grant. Of the class of 2024, almost one third are first-generation graduates. It speaks to the complexity of the matter.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

And that harmful and tangible racism continues today, as the Biden administration has calculated that historically Black land-grant universities in Tennessee and 15 other states have been cheated out of $12.6 As early as 1890, many states refused to match federal funds provided to Black colleges , as required by law.

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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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