The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Impact and Scale UIA institutions' deep commitment to producing more low-income graduates and graduates has been paying off. The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. Diffusion to the Field 1.

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Advising Student success Low income student 59

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Impact and Scale UIA institutions' deep commitment to producing more low-income graduates and graduates has been paying off. The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. Diffusion to the Field 1.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Advising Student success Low income student 52

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. This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. Gifted and talented under-referrals and underrepresentation. internships).

Mental health 301

Mental health Counseling Placement Students 301

NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The data below highlight disparities in institutional merit (academic and other non-need-based scholarships) and need-based grant awards. [1] 1] This preliminary analysis is part of a forthcoming study using the recently released 2019-2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20).

Grant 118

Grant Low income student Financial aid Scholarship 118

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering.

Leadership 271

Leadership Low income student Collaboration Higher education 271

Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Those students’ high school careers were thrown into disarray by the COVID pandemic. 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? Costs will keep rising.

Scholarship 67

Scholarship Low income student Higher education First generation 67

College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News 2024 Best Colleges rankings) relative to the average discounted tuition paid by 2022-23 full-time undergraduates after receiving need-based scholarships and grants. The percentage of all full-time 2022-23 academic year undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or grants. Weight = 50%. Weight = 20% 3.

Financial aid 52

Financial aid Database Scholarship Grant 52

College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News 2024 Best Colleges rankings) relative to the average discounted tuition paid by 2022-23 full-time undergraduates after receiving need-based scholarships and grants. The percentage of all full-time 2022-23 academic year undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or grants. Weight = 50%. Weight = 20% 3.

Financial aid 52

Financial aid Database Scholarship Grant 52

Close the Gap Foundation

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A responsibility that for Nina, a first-generation, low-income student herself, is personal. Close the Gap Foundation’s fourth annual Social Impact Fellowship will run from June to September 2022. To apply to be a 2022 Fellow click here. To apply to be a 2022 mentor click here.

Low income student 52

Low income student Mentoring First generation Scholarship 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) serves the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, enrolling roughly 40,000 students. As of Fall 2022, Latino students comprise 50.64% of all full-time undergraduates and 49.68% of all part-time undergraduates.

Retention 316

Retention Facilitation First generation Faculty 316

Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 18, 2023

Let’s meet Diane Diane is a junior at Hayward High School, where she is involved in several clubs such as Club Batia (her school’s Italian club), fashion club, Model UN and VSA (Vietnamese Student Association). Diane was a previous CtG Social Impact fellow with the 2022 cohort.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Low income student First generation Scholarship 52

Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Triple the number of students were accepted from a pool of over 100, and triple the mentors and care were invested to match this exponentially larger cohort of FGLI students. Perhaps most notably, a $15,000 partnership with DoorDash allowed all 30 of this year’s Pitch Day presenters to receive a minimum $300 scholarship.

Low income student 52

Low income student Mentoring Scholarship First generation 52

Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

The MacBook donation from Airbnb, a first-of-its-kind for Close the Gap Foundation, is a step towards decreasing that divide and opening new opportunities for students. Every student who completes the 2022 Social Impact Fellowship will receive a refurbished MacBook.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Low income student Scholarship First generation 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. It holds a 93% master’s degree completion rate for the program’s Latinx students since 1986.

Mentoring 293

Mentoring Advising First generation Retention 293

COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

My youthful scholarship and service efforts were rewarded by admission to Yale University , where I majored in Political Science, and then Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) , where I pursued a curriculum that placed a particular emphasis on legislative advocacy.

Higher education 131

Higher education Education First generation Leadership 131

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 2021, [and] 36.2% in 2020, and 35.3% in 2019,” says Susan L.

Application 236

Application Low income student Inclusion Communication 236

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Giving Tuesday takes place on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving , which means this event will occur on November 29, 2022. The Learning Forward Foundation: The Learning Forward Foundation gives teachers scholarships and grants for professional development. Operation Backpack operates in several states and cities.

Financial aid 52

Financial aid Literacy Grant Low income student 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Williams They continue to be essential beacons of higher education for the talented students who attend them. Not only do HBCUs enroll twice as many first-generation, low-income students, but they also outperform peer institutions in improving the economic standing of their students. They still matter.

Low income student 242

Low income student First generation Inclusion Higher education 242

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. Will this change my scholarship deadlines?

FAFSA 81

FAFSA Financial aid Scholarship Low income student 81