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Our institutions are just two examples of the broader importance of immigrant-origin students to todays higher education landscape. economy, filling job shortages, and spurring innovation, fewer appreciate just how important immigration is to higher educations future. million or 32 percent of all students enrolled in U.S.

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McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Jaye Fenderson There is, however, another group of children who have received much less consideration in higher education but will have a profound impact on its future: the children of student-parents.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

She asks questions about who has access to transit in certain areas, what roads flood more often and create dangerous situations. Ultimately, Hyun wants to take her work to spaces and places it can make the most change, informing policy makers and stakeholders how they can provide better mobility and accessibility, says Hyun.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

SREB represents and works with 16 states to improve public education at every level.

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MARCH 3, 2025

The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education. The community is excited about Victor Valley, and students enroll not just because its accessible, but because they want to be here, and they know were here to support them every step of their journey.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. Lumina is defining economic prosperity as people earning at least 15% more than the national average for adults with only a high school education. Currently, 44.1% of people have such a credential.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Margaret Price’s life and work twines about the experiences of people with disabilities in higher education. “My We must recognize how academic practices of ‘access’ become so destructive, and where we want to go instead,” she wrote. Crip Spacetime draws upon a mixed-methods study of over 250 disabled faculty and staff members.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new report by the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) points out that seventy years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, many Black students across the nation still do not have access to equitable educational opportunities in early childhood, K-12, or higher education compared with other students.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Supreme Court struck down the use of race-conscious admissions in higher education. A new IHEP analysis of data released through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reveals the prevalence of legacy admissions policies among selective colleges and universities. A year ago, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

higher education institutions. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking higher education," Wilson said. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking higher education," Wilson said.

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APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

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JULY 18, 2024

New proposed regulations could increase college access for high school students and provide better public data on student outcomes, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Education. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These principles related to access and equity are worthy of our attention for what they represent and whom they uplift and are an essential part of pragmatic solutions for a better future. It is the responsibility of higher education institutional leaders and advocates alike to stand behind them.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Steve Colón The judicial branch is sending loud implicit and explicit messages that diversity should not be a priority in higher education, particularly with the recent reversal of affirmative action. Students Many schools, especially in under-resourced communities, are bracing to lose substantial supports like counselors.

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JUNE 30, 2024

households have no access to the internet in their homes, roughly 24 million households. While Prendergast said NSCS does not have one specific program to address the ending of ACP, he said he hopes that the institutional efforts to cut costs “frees up funds for our students so they can continue to have access to home internet.”

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FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The policy change, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis, marks a significant shift in the state's approach to higher education access for Dreamers. The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, through its Director of Policy and Strategy Diego Snchez, points to concerning workforce implications.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A new study from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reveals that Black student parents at community colleges face significant barriers in accessing critical childcare support, potentially hindering their educational progress and economic mobility.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. Dr. Suzanne M. Only about 40 percent do. Dr. Suzanne M. Rivera is president of Macalester College in St.

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MARCH 27, 2025

HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs play a fundamental role in expanding access to higher education and economic opportunity," said ACE President Dr. Ted Mitchell. Hispanic-Serving Institutions awarded an average of 944 bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students, compared to just 166 at non-MSIs.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The proposed bills, SB2482 and HB3717, introduced earlier this week, aim to make higher education more accessible and affordable, particularly for working adults and students in rural communities. JB Pritzker joining 24 other states that have implemented similar programs.

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APRIL 8, 2024

State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. These key recommendations inform what higher ed reform and affordability should look like moving forward, Williams said.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Yet higher education institutions are falling short on delivering essential mental health resources for students. This initiative reflects the Ruderman Family Foundations commitment to working with our partners to help expand access to mental health services and programs in the higher education community.

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MARCH 27, 2025

"This report highlights how critical it is for Latine students to access effective academic advising," said Dr. Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University.

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MARCH 12, 2025

The survey, conducted by higher education virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses. These statistics paint a concerning picture of the state of higher education in America, where completion rates are increasingly threatened by external factors.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The One Million Degrees program will add wraparound services including academic coaching, financial assistance, and career services designed to help students navigate the transition between institutions and connect their education to career outcomes. "We

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MARCH 10, 2025

Policymakers and higher education leaders are being called upon to address these disparities and provide targeted investments to further improve outcomes for these resilient students. UNCF, founded in 1944, has raised more than $6 billion to support students' access to higher education, provide scholarships, and strengthen HBCUs.

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JULY 17, 2024

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has announced its Real Solutions for Higher Education campaign, a multi-pronged, multiyear $1 million endeavor to ensure higher education serves students and communities. But to get there, we need a system that is accessible, affordable and upholds academic freedom.”

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. APLU is a champion of that message."

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JANUARY 24, 2025

Stewart previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and has inspired his thinking about how K-12 schools accessed student resources through Medicaid. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, report co-lead and senior fellow at Education Northwest, brought a higher education perspective to the project.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

A groundbreaking report released by Generation Hope reveals the devastating impact of housing insecurity on student parents pursuing higher education.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

That is largely because these justice-impacted students are often invisible to educators, their identities simply erased. Being members of an unprotected class (a term used by Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez ) limits the potential for higher education to transform the lives of people affected by the justice system.

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APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Dr. George R. Hoang, H.,

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is so much more than a traditional real estate project or campus housing development—it’s a statement about what higher education can be for all of us – those who attend our schools and those who do not,” said Dr. Michael J. PQC is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in the nation. Our work with the T.D.

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JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Dr. Ivory A.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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