Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As minoritized individuals and scholars, we must set the record straight on several real ‘issues/problems’ confronting students of color. Equity-based career development and postsecondary transitions: An American imperative. Information Age Publishing. Sewell, C.J. & Goings, R.B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander Another area being explored by AAP is international education because AAP students have not typically done study abroad, and Alexander says he thinks more should consider and take advantage of it. Another pressing issue, he says, is the cost of education in terms of how it is impacting low-income, first-generation students.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

1] This preliminary analysis is part of a forthcoming study using the recently released 2019-2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20). Data included in the analysis are for dependent students attending public and private not-for-profit four-year institutions. Source: U.S.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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 are an emerging form of student aid. Proactive Advising.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

. ### The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is a nonprofit organization established in 1981, dedicated to expanding college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. These key student needs catalyzed innovative career readiness solutions that were pilot tested on each campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students. Since its launch in 2020, Latino enrollment has increased.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

How community colleges create opportunities for underserved populations Community colleges are particularly important resources for low-income students— 58% of community college students have low-income backgrounds compared with 42% of students at private four-year colleges.

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

But, as higher education settles into its post-pandemic reality, what can those students expect to face—and how can private-sector scholarships help as they work toward their associate’s, bachelor’s and graduate degrees? That’s down by nearly 15% since 2020, according to the clearinghouse. Costs will keep rising.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency grants to students.

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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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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

MAY 23, 2023

When Yang was appointed in 2020 to lead the California Commission staff, its primary mission was to address the issue of Asian hate, which intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m a true believer that we can attain equity so that everyone can thrive.”

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

JUNE 1, 2023

By Kyra Taylor , National Consumer Law Center and Winston Berkman-Breen , Student Borrower Protection Center This blog is the third post in a three part series about the IDR Account Adjustment and the continued flexibilities available to borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This group of dynamic presidents and chancellors from our member institutions embody our vision and commitment to success for low-income students and students of color. • We hope you'll let us know what you think of these resources and how we can improve them.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This group of dynamic presidents and chancellors from our member institutions embody our vision and commitment to success for low-income students and students of color. • We hope you'll let us know what you think of these resources and how we can improve them.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

As a result, 40% to 60% of the roughly 15 million students who previously didn't have a device now possess one as of December 2020. According to the same report, while 40% to 60% of this gap was closed by state and district efforts, roughly 9 million students still are affected by not having a reliable device at home.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

What was the impact of testing policies on admission/enrollment outcomes for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income students during the fall 2020 cycle? How and why did institutions decide whether to go test-optional (and, if so, in what form)? How were test-optional policies implemented?

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA, as mandated by Congress in the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020 (the Act ), has caused delay in the sending of ISIR’s to colleges, which in turn delays their ability to prepare Award Letters. Low-income students will get more aid and more students will be eligible for grants.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA, as mandated by Congress in the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020 (the Act ), has caused delay in the sending of ISIR’s to colleges, which in turn delays their ability to prepare Award Letters. Low-income students will get more aid and more students will be eligible for grants.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

We've had six consecutive years during which our Black, Latinx, and low-income students have graduated at or above the student body overall, and it's been a practice that has been shared with other institutions, not only across the U.S., Sharing the Model. but across the globe.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Department of Labor CARES : The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 Aspen Institute College Excellence Program : A leadership program aimed at improving learning, degree completion, and college-to-career pathways for students of color and low-income students) Bob Templin : Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University (..)

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

We released a report pretty early in the pandemic, and it was based on a survey that we ran in fall of 2020 to our entering student population. DA: And one of the questions that we asked them in fall of 2020, very early in the semester, was does your college have support services to help you with stresses related to the pandemic?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Law students entering school in 2023 are the most racially diverse group yet, continuing a multi-year trend. Jermaine Cruz “Forty percent are students of color, compared to 39% in 2022, and 36.9% in 2020, and 35.3% in 2021, [and] 36.2% in 2019,” says Susan L.

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens for applications on October 1, the application for the 2024-25 school year has been delayed until sometime in December—a delay that could have ripple effects on students, families and scholarship programs. Why is the FAFSA late?

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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. The delay of the 2023 FAFSA launch from October 1 to December worries advocates of greater access to college for low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In 2020, we saw firsthand how the lack of broadband access affected our students, faculty, staff, and community. Our goal is to narrow the digital divide for low-income students at Benedict College and those adults and students surrounding the campus.”

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 31, 2024

There had already been several delays in releasing the new FAFSA since the enactment of the FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act) in 2020 that overhauled the FAFSA process and the form itself. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that the FAFSA being released by the ED has a major defect that would cost students up to $1.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In the first year, 68 school districts and individual charter schools were invited to participate with a focus on low-income students. The preliminary data indicates the most significant decline is at four-year institutions that serve low-income students. Enrollment will begin in fall 2025.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One of the plaintiffs falls under the income threshold and is eligible to have $10,000 forgiven from his $35,000 in student debt. Yet because he never received a Pell Grant, a form of Federal aid for low-income students, he does not qualify for the additional $10,000 in forgiveness for Pell recipients.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Students with no social security number for themselves or a parent were denied. The FAFSA eligibility calculation did not account for inflation from 2020 to 2023, which was 18%, so many students were incorrectly considered ineligible. Students eligible for Pell Grants have been denied because they are dependents.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Students with no social security number for themselves or a parent were denied. The FAFSA eligibility calculation did not account for inflation from 2020 to 2023, which was 18%, so many students were incorrectly considered ineligible. Students eligible for Pell Grants have been denied because they are dependents.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Some of the institutions which saw enrollment numbers increase included Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Commodore adds, in part thanks to the boost of awareness from HBCU-alum and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and the racial reckoning of 2020. Gasman agrees.

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