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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

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million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year. But only 30% were those from below-median income ZIP codes, said Emma Steele, director of media and external affairs at Common App. There's so much money that gets left on the table every year in private scholarships that students don't access,” Steele said.

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Report Shows Small Changes in Post-High School College Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released the 2024 High School Benchmarks report , which shows small improvements in college enrollment and persistence in public high school graduates. Unfortunately, there remains a persistent gap between low-income students and students at low poverty high schools.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. Funding for low-income students in Kentucky’s performance funding model has increased.

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Doing More with Less: HSIs and the Recipe for Upward Mobility

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At the University of Houston (UH), an HSI serving the fourth largest city in the nation, 33% of total fall 2022 enrollment identified as Latinx. One third of their students are Pell Grant eligible and receive stipends from his office to help fund their educational journey. How HSIs Promote Upward Mobility.

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Free College Programs in New Mexico and Arizona Can Help More Students Receive an Economic Return from Higher Education

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The New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship is open to all students regardless of whether they attend part-time, enroll immediately after high school, or start school later in their careers. Students may attend either a two-year or four-year New Mexican public institution.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As minoritized individuals and scholars, we must set the record straight on several real ‘issues/problems’ confronting students of color. When denied accessed to needed advanced courses and opportunities, students underachieve , and the Black-white achievement gaps persist. math, science, English), employability skills (e.g.,