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Study: Latino Students Use Practical Strategies to Finance College Education

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Perhaps most significantly, Latino students are more than twice as likely to receive grants (67%) than take out loans (27%), indicating a strong preference for aid that doesn't require repayment. For state grants, 16% of Latino students received need-based grants compared to only 2% who received merit-only grants.

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California Community Colleges Launch Initiative to Expand Shortened Courses

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Each participating institution will receive a minimum grant of $20,000, along with resources and guidance to implement shortened courses across full programs. The shortened course initiative directly aligns with Vision 2030, the strategic plan for California Community Colleges, which emphasizes supporting students through flexible modalities.

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The Human Rights Campaign Receives $5 Million Grant to Continue Fight Against HIV and Stigmas

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LGBTQ+ civil rights organization The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will expand its work to combat HIV and its surrounding societal effects using a $5 million grant from biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc.

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College Inside-Out Initiative Gets $1M Boost Through Federal Grant

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The Allentown Recompete Plan expects to bring together 38 local partners like Muhlenberg to achieve its objectives, including bringing the neighborhood communities to parity the city-wide average employment by 2030. Notably, the college is using a recent $231,000 grant from the U.S.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030. The grant money will fund the project for one year, but it will continue afterwards due to additional funding from industry partners, including the BioCom California Institute.

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Analysis: Degree Completion Gaps for Hispanic Students are Widening

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million degrees by 2030, but current numbers are falling short of reaching yearly goals. To decisively close degree attainment gaps, Latino students need to earn 6.2 This is a doable deed,” Santiago said. There are institutions across this country that are enrolling and graduating Latino students that.

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Boldly Future Forward

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As we are preparing our students for skills in artificial intelligence, we know that by 2030 there will be new positions that we don’t even know what they’re called at this point, but we want our students to be ready.” Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As He says N.C.

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