Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Twenty months ago, in June of 2022, New Jersey City University (NJCU) declared a financial crisis. Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. And just this month, the school announced its first academic master plan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. The total student loan debt reached $1.75 trillion by the end of 2022, according to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Courtney Adkins The beginning of the fall academic term brings to mind images of freshly graduated high school students arriving on college campuses across the country. When the fall 2023 term begins, close to 20% of community college students will also be high school students who are dually enrolled.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. Minority students make up 80% of the Promise Program’s 2022 cohort, and 71% of those identify as Latinx.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Iné Collins has been a school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey since August 2022. When you have students applying to early action or early decision trying to finalize where they’re gonna go—for a lot of our students, that financial need is really important.” The student’s nerves are real.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. law students and applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 30, 2024

The data indicate that considering legacy status when making admissions decisions is associated with decreased college access for Black and Hispanic students, as well as for students living with low incomes. considered legacy status during the 2021-2022 academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 2.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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). The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% increase). "In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The company had announced its goal to move the SAT to digital in January 2022, aiming to increase ease of use. More than 80% of students who took a prior paper SAT reported a better experience with the digital SAT when surveyed. “As As a first-generation American and the child of immigrants who came to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lim The institute — which operates at the highest tier of research (R1) — reached its goal a year ahead of schedule, after launching its Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council to fuel Hispanic student enrollment and deepen relationships with Hispanic and Latinx alumni, businesses, and organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. Over 60% of our students are students of color. Many of our students are first-generation students.

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COE

APRIL 11, 2023

Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. All employees see themselves as student success advocates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Community colleges have taken great pride over many decades as an open-door institution welcoming students who had no other place to go. They have created special programs for students who are under-served, at risk, first generation, Black males, women, migrants, and prisoners. 14% attempted suicide in the past year. •

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Gary King, professor of biobehavioral health and African American studies at Penn State, and one of the members of the Committee of Black Scholars, which includes faculty and graduate students at the public state institution. Racism came from administrators, colleagues, and even students. Dr. Marcus A. Many feel quite alienated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Department of Education (DOE), at least 25% of full-time equivalent students enrolled must be Hispanic. These two-year and four-year institutions must also enroll a significant number of students who require needs-based financial aid. The college has emerging HSI status and is on track to attain full HSI status in the near future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

But rather, it's the elimination of opportunities to retain faculty and students [who] this country and its universities has historically never served,” McCune said. Opportunities that are being eliminated are opportunities for students for whom the culture has not been able to be inclusive and inviting.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Since then, the recipient institutions have put their gifts of millions of dollars to use in several ways, seeking to enhance what they offer to the many – and often underprivileged – students that they serve. The former gives disadvantaged students at the community college the chance to take on research project opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

But "none of that happened,” said Navin Nayak, president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, who moderated a panel discussion titled, “The Role of Young Americans in the 2022 Midterms," on Tuesday. Ramirez, who has experience working with unions, said this is the first generation to be worse off than their parents.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. We are around 83% students of color. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. totaled 62.5

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas August 14, 2023 — by Holly Hexter, Neve Dole B Ashley Thomas spearheaded a strategic collaboration bridging TRIO Programs with Thermo Fisher Scientific. ” Of the outreach, she says, “I just want to make sure it keeps growing.” 

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Title: First Generation Scholarships and General Scholarship Essay Tips. Written by: Tara Parrillo; Director, TRIO Student Support Services. How to pay can be one of the most stressful aspects of navigating a college degree for many first-generation college students. The 2022-23 FAFSA is open now!

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Close the Gap Foundation

JUNE 15, 2022

32 first-generation, low-income high school students from 15+ cities across California and Washington gathered with their mentors and program leaders to kick off their three-month program experience. A recent analysis of the National Survey of Student Engagement — a survey of more than 55,000 undergraduates at 91 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The vast majority (63.9%) are white, followed by Asian Americans at 20.6%, according to 2022 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Those students’ enrollments went way down, across the system. These programs, he adds, tend to attract students of all races who are interested in serving the underserved.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. These are still things that the African American studies program is doing in 2022.” The other part is increasing the number of student majors through being more active on campus. Dr. David A.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright. Four new universities joined the UIA, bringing fresh energy and ideas.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

For first-generation and low-income students, these programs can be life-changing, offering experiences that might otherwise be out of reach. This program provided students with an unparalleled opportunity to explore the world and their place within it.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. Thu, 12/15/2022 - 06:00. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. College to Career. Completion Grants.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For example, there is limited transparency on wealth outcomes for various student populations, including first-generation college students, such as myself, and little clarity on the repayment statuses and loan payment amount for students. 1) The Share of Students Who Earn More than a High School Graduate.

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