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Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education.

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I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I

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Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. In 2021-22, we regained five percent, followed by a 30% increase the next year and another 20% the year after. A college that was once nicknamed "Tumbleweed Tech" is now a vibrant hub of opportunity and growth.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan’s Assembly Bill 1400 repurposes funds from the College Access Tax Credit, which was proving less effective at its original purpose due to federal tax changes. To note, only 53 California community college transfer students enrolled at 39 HBCUs in 2021-22. “AB

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MARCH 12, 2024

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) educated over two million Hispanic students during the 2021-22 school year, but continued to demonstrate extensive facility needs, according to a new U.S. They also had technology needs, such as, to improve student internet access, cybersecurity, and hybrid learning efforts.

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MAY 7, 2024

In the case of Florida, all 28 of the colleges in its system began conferring bachelor's degrees as of 2021, according to the report. The number of CCB colleges has seen significant growth, even compared to just two years ago in Fall 2021. Delaware and Nevada join Florida in this full-scale adoption of CCB degrees.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022. Though the number of graduate school applications increased by 3.9%.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

“We believe in the power of the Hollins academic and residential experience and want to ensure that students can access this experience regardless of income level,” said Hollins President Dr. Mary Dana Hinton. “At

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MARCH 14, 2023

HMS found that 44% of students reported depression, 37% reported anxiety disorders, and 15% reported having seriously considered suicide, increases of two to three percentage points from winter and spring 2021 data. The HMS did find differences by race: students of color were less likely to access mental health treatment.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“Higher ed faculty want unions — and the more workers who are organized, the more students see that respect and voice leads to greater opportunity, that’s the way more families have access to the middle class,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten.“ That’s why it is such a hot labor summer.”

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APRIL 26, 2024

Cordray’s office has also undergone scrutiny and criticism for its botched rollout of changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid , or FAFSA, which were supposed to simplify the application process and expand access to underserved students and their families. He is expected to continue in the role until the end of June.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

trillion in 2021 comes with 4.7% increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). of engineering master’s degree recipients in 2021 – from 4.2% And although they make up only 18.5% of the nation's workforce, they were the cause for 73% of U.S. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

percentage points between 2021 and 2022 graduates across nearly all high school characteristics in terms of enrolling in college within a year of graduation. from the class of 2021 to 53.7% for 2021 graduates to 58.1% Those students also had access to test preparation for ACT and SAT examinations. for the class of 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Englert has served in a number of roles at Temple over the years, including president from 2016-2021. “Dr. The board is aiming to announce a new president in spring 2024.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Though in the former, there was a slight decrease from 79% the year prior in 2021. In Tennessee, the 83% in 2022 marked an increase from 80% in 2021. Tennessee also experienced declining male student interest in education, with rates falling from 19% of interested students in 2021 to 16%.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Rana is also director of the annual International Conference on Stigma , which — when it convenes in November — will enable the college to train college-age peer educators to use performing arts engagement to raise awareness and promote access. Black women were 54% of new HIV diagnoses in 2021 among women, age 16 and older, in the U.S.,

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MARCH 15, 2023

Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. The institutions are open-access, affordable, and conveniently located. Others, alarmed by reports of the high cost of tuition, believe that going to college will require them to shoulder an oppressive debt burden.

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JULY 23, 2024

Dr. Nimisha Barton As early as 2021, we saw the beginnings of the anti-critical race theory (CRT) movement led by far-right politicians who claimed educators sought to indoctrinate students into anti-white racism (note: the data say otherwise ). But that brief window closed swiftly.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges approved a motion to give up the university’s WWLR broadcast license in December 2021, and approved a sale in October. Students will still have access to radio broadcasting and DJing programs, but the station will move to an online livestream model, Davis said. .

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Many of these students face economic hardships, insufficient access to mentorship, and a lack of preparatory resources, all of which contribute to their struggle in navigating the medical education landscape. Dr. Marcus A. Bright However, inspiring stories like that of George Pickens show us that change is possible.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As of 2021, 42% of white people 25 and older had finished a bachelor’s degree, but only 28% of Black people and 21% of Hispanics had. The focus then shifts to the policy itself, the specific legislative requirements that student must fulfill to access benefits. However, perhaps just as important is how the policy is implemented.

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Mental health awareness and access to treatment have grown immensely in the past few decades. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021. At the same time, BIPOC individuals are also the least likely to seek out or have access to treatment. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reported that 47.2%

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APRIL 5, 2024

“Because we believe that teams with experience on the front lines of challenges will know best how to put the money to good use, we encouraged them to spend it however they choose,” Scott wrote in a June 2021 blog post listing some of the gifts. Many reported that this trust significantly increased the impact of the gift.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a decline in postsecondary instructor employment between May 2020 and May 2021 (1,369,930 versus 1,340,560). percent dip in overall faculty head counts between fall 2019 and fall 2021. institutions down 70% from 2019 to 2020.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Sams, who succeeded Butts when he assumed the presidency of SUNY Old Westbury in January 2021. “I

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MAY 2, 2023

Podcast How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources Episode 149. EAB · How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources Transcript [music] 0:00:11.2 May 2, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On January 7, 2021, my Mom, Vanessa Bright, suffered a stroke in the kitchen of her home while my Dad and I were there. So much that in my last conversation with her on the night of January 16, 2021; she told me that she wanted to write a book on “humanity in healthcare”; adding that “they ought to treat folk humanely”.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Louis-based law firm with a national sports practice, notes an important 2021 legal decision that impacted DEI. Alston decision limits the NCAA’s ability to regulate and govern education-related benefits for student-athletes that increase access to internships and graduate school. On July 1, 2021, the deals commenced.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates access to legal education, released its biannual summary of demographic, financial, and academic data about U.S. Tiffane Cochran However, the percentage of first-year law students who were people of color — 35% — barely changed between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.

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JULY 30, 2024

The majority of future good jobs will be accessible through bachelor’s degree pathways. are expected to grow more than 20% between the years of 2021 and 2031, with the largest growth seen for those holding bachelor’s degrees. The report finds that good jobs in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on. Gifted and talented under-referrals and underrepresentation. math, science, English), employability skills (e.g., Hines, E.M.,

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JANUARY 4, 2023

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. With President Biden’s signature on Dec.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill is the director of the Campus Free Expression Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, which published Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap in November 2021.

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MAY 20, 2024

In the 2021-22 application cycle, Common App reached 350,000 below-median income students. The goal of the pilot – three took place from 2021-22 with up to 13 participating colleges – was to “bridge the gap between high school and higher education,” according to the report. labor force.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, 62.1% Real Talk students are also more likely to persist. Importantly, MWCC deconstructed these data and discovered that students of color responded well to Real Talk pedagogy. of Real Talk students of color persisted into their next year of study.

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MAY 18, 2023

Jonathan Friedman The school district’s recent attempts to challenge what books its students have access to began in 2022, with Northview High School language arts teacher Vicki Baggett challenging more than 100, including picture books, young adult novels, and nonfiction pieces.

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