Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2025

From the rise of anti-DEI rhetoric to the elimination of critical educator preparation grants and the erosion of support for education research at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the pattern is clear: dismantle the very systems designed to ensure equity and opportunity in education. That future is now at risk.

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JULY 9, 2025

Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families. The new classification, the Student Access and Earnings Classification, was released this spring. ACE collaborates with the Carnegie Foundation to manage and evolve the Carnegie Classifications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. And the presidents commission on diversity, equity and inclusion at her university has since become the presidents commission on access, opportunity and community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families. They learned that social mobility is in the DNA of how many HBCUs think about their mission, systems and how their faculty and administrators engage with students and other communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams. We urge all colleges and universities to heed that call and join leaders including Education Trust , the National College Access Network , and others to move the basic needs field forward.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

UNCF recognized that these institutions need more than just emergency support or short-term grants. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE. For generations, HBCUs have been creating opportunities despite systemic underfunding and external pressures.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 17, 2025

A single security breach can have severe consequences such as stolen identities, compromised social security numbers, and unauthorized access to financial information like household income or banking details. That’s why the integration between SSS and TaxStatus, which enables direct, secure IRS data access, is not just an upgrade.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 31, 2025

Independent and private K12 schools are constantly striving to balance accessibility with financial sustainability. This partnership introduces groundbreaking efficiencies that promise to benefit schools, families, and administrators alike. Data Encryption : All data transfers are encrypted to prevent unauthorized access.

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

If your main priority is to build transferable skills that will prepare you for a lucrative career, business administration or management might be a good fit. Helpful resources might include everything from research grants and advising services to specialized workshops and student groups.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017. Vega earned her Ed.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

They wrote a blueprint, a playbook, and it's already been enacted in 22 states,” said Muhammad, who expressed concern about federal protections for certain students and programs that ensure access to meals and funding through Title I and Title VII.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The first phase of Pell Grant Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) payments for the 2024-25 award year, which help institutions cover the costs of administering federal aid programs, began on February 18 according to the Education Department.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 2, 2025

If passed, the ECCA would allow individuals and businesses to receive tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations, making private education more accessible to families across all 50 states. To promote equitable access: Use a consistent, objective assessment tool like SSS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Unfortunately, this administration does not share that belief. former Secretary of Education under the Obama administration and the current Chancellor of the State University of New York. million Pell Grant recipients rely on federal aid to afford college. Currently, about 6.6 Dr. John B.

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COE

MAY 2, 2025

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) condemns President Trumps 2026 budget proposal , which calls for the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programsa longstanding, bipartisan initiative proven to expand access to higher education for low-income and first-generation students. However, data from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

The report, titled "Broken Lifelines: The Economic Consequences of Defunding Academic Public Health," provides the first detailed analysis of how grant freezes, budget reductions, and agency restructurings implemented since January 2025 have devastated higher education institutions nationwide. Massachusetts, with over $3.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This is a significant decision that puts a firewall between actors whom we believe lack the legitimacy and authority to access Americans' personal data and are using it inappropriately, without any safeguards," said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Compton College President Dr. Keith Curry is calling on California's top state leaders to include funding for a Black-Serving Institutions grant program in the state budget after legislation establishing the program stalled in the legislature due to fiscal constraints.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

All three of these initiatives the refugee course, the ARISE program and the multilingual writing center are funded through federal grants for schools designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution or AANAPISI. The department administers grants for AANAPISIs and MSIs. San Antonio College.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Funds are to be drawn only to meet a grantee’s immediate cash needs for each grant. Programs can continue to draw down funds as they usually do. COE recommends that grantees keep their regular business routine the same. Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2025

Harvard University A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from implementing its decision to revoke Harvard University's authorization to enroll international students, a move that could affect roughly 25% of the institution's student body. District Judge Allison D. taxpayer benefits."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2025

District Court for the District of Maryland has granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on parts of two executive orders issued by President Donald J. The defendants, which include President Trump and ED, filed for a stay of the injunction pending appeal, which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 13, 2025

Title III of the legislation contains the Committee on Education and Workforce’s proposed changes to the Department of Education’s (ED) student aid programs, including Pell Grants, student loans, and the aid eligibility formula. For instance, undergrads will need to be enrolled at least half-time to qualify for a Pell Grant.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2025

Harvard University Harvard University has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's freeze of more than $2.2 billion in federal research grants, marking a significant escalation in tensions between higher education institutions and the federal government over campus speech and academic freedom.

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COE

JUNE 3, 2025

The Trump Administrations claim that access is no longer an obstacle for low-income students is flatly contradicted by data and by the lived experience of more than 6 million TRIO alumni. More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs June 3, 2025 by Terrance L.

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COE

JUNE 11, 2025

Despite decades of proven success in expanding college access and economic mobility for low-income and first-generation students, the federal TRIO programs now face elimination in the President’s budget—prompting over 10,000 alumni to urge Congress to protect this vital engine of opportunity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Biden Administration undertook, with dedication and persistence, the hard work to ensure students and campus communities were safe. However, what the newly released House Antisemitism Staff Report demonstrates is that is not the path on which they are being led. We need reforms. We need to fix what is happening on our college campuses.We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Department of Labor has announced a major investment of $65 million in community colleges across the country, aiming to expand access to high-quality Acting U.S. The funding, distributed through the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program, will support 18 colleges across 14 states. Acting U.S. million.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Rodrguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

During last Thursday's hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), McMahon addressed concerns about the administration's stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in educational institutions. When pressed by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Derrick Johnson, President of NAACP A coalition of education advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration's actions to dismantle the U.S. billion in contracts and grants for congressionally authorized programs. The lawsuit is supported by Student Defense and the Education Law Center (ELC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

"This step would further harm institutions of higher education and negatively impact diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, threatening access to education for historically underserved students and communities," said Paulette Granberry Russell, President and CEO of NADOHE. Welch, AASCU President.

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COE

JULY 8, 2025

Bipartisan opposition—from Senate TRIO Caucus co-chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and other lawmakers to Colorado education leaders and the Council for Opportunity in Education—underscores TRIO’s demonstrated track record of boosting college access and completion and makes it likely that Congress will reject the proposed cuts.

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Believe in Students

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Believe in Students was founded in 2016, at the dawn of the first Trump administration. Some didn’t know where they would stay that night, some couldn’t afford internet access to do their homework. So when students don’t know where to go, they often talk to the only people they have access to every day: their professors.

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COE

JANUARY 28, 2025

As agencies are directed to provide a report to OMB by Monday, February 10 indicating whether federal grant programs are in compliance with recently issued Executive Orders, grantees may wish to draw down funds to allow for operations at least through that date.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2025

Carla Hayden The appointment, announced Monday by the Mellon Foundation, comes as libraries and cultural institutions face unprecedented challenges ranging from artificial intelligence's impact on information access to escalating censorship efforts nationwide. Hayden's contributions to library science have earned widespread recognition.

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