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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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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

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. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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JULY 25, 2023

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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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What reverse admissions means for the future of college access. Only then can participating colleges access the names and contact details of these students and begin conversations that will help the student make their decision. The post What reverse admissions means for the future of college access appeared first on EAB.

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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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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AUGUST 3, 2023

The reports also pointed out that students from immigrant families represented 31% of all college students in 2021, an increase from 20% in 2000. colleges and universities in 2021 were from immigrant families. Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia allow students in-state tuition access regardless of citizenship.

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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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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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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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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Dr. Curtis Byrd, co-author of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate.

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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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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 15, 2022

declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021, non-Hispanic American Indian-Alaskan Native people (AIAN) experienced the biggest drop in life expectancy, declining 6.6 years from 2019 to 2021. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, as of 2021, Native Americans’ life expectancy of 65.2 population in 1944.

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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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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 6, 2024

Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university.

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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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AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2020-2021, the average endowment assets per student at 1862 institutions – LGUs established by the first Morrill Act of 1862 that serve predominantly white students – was $105,500. And as it stands now, the 35 1994 institutions don’t have access to the same level of federal grants as 1862s and 1890s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

For Fall 2021, the College of the Desert’s (COD) student headcount included 8,213 Hispanic students, 1,657 white students, 395 Asian students, 252 Black students, 28 American Indian/Alaska Native students, and seven Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Island students. Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2021, students sent a letter to the provost expressing their qualms about the financial and mental burdens. According to MSU’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, in 2021, more Michigan teachers exited the profession than entered, and new teachers were less likely to renew their certificates.

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