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NCAA Grants Over $1.5 million to Support Student-Athlete Academic Success

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The NCAA has awarded Division I Accelerating Academic Success Program grants to 17 schools for the 2024-25 academic year. The grants total over $1.5 Division I student-athletes are graduating at record rates, according to 2023 Graduation Success Rate data. million and are used to boost student-athlete academic achievement.

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Catalyze Opens Third Round of Grant Applications, Seeks to Fund Student Career Exploration Efforts

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Student success organization Catalyze has opened grant applications for the third round of its Catalyze Challenge. This round will award up to 25 pilot grants between $100,000-$250,000 to assist 6-12 months of exploratory work and early implementation. Applications open Jul. Awards will be announced in December 2023.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

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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. In the last round of funding, there were more than 100 applications and the department only had sufficient funds for just 10 awards.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Morishita, interim president at CSULA.

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Philander Smith College to Become Graduate Degree-Granting School After MBA Program Approval

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Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Applications are set to open Feb. 1, 2023, and a 25-student cohort will kick off the 36-credit hour program this coming May.

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

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Dr. Greg Nayor In what has been another delay, ED announced last week that schools and agencies involved in financial aid will receive Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information – which they use to determine student total financial aid offerings – until the first half of March. 8 – had left applicants frustrated.

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Brown Experiences Decline in Rates of Incoming Black, Brown Students

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Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023. About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%.

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