Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

In a unique move, Lafayette College announced that they would only consider up to six extracurricular activities , versus the maximum of ten that the Common Application allows students to list. These students often have less opportunity to try (and pay for) extracurriculars. When they are able to join, they often excel.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

“When you create an atmosphere and an environment where students feel supported, they see people like themselves working in those environments. “We We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 31, 2024

FAFSA.gov , the ED website intended to assist students by guiding and facilitating their completion of the FAFSA, does not currently have any information on it to guide students and parents through the confusing FAFSA procedures for 2024-25. “, a spokesperson told NPR.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The California State University system has announced a direct admissions pilot program to begin in 2025. Enrollment will begin in fall 2025. In the first year, 68 school districts and individual charter schools were invited to participate with a focus on low-income students. Larry Hlavenka Jr.,

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