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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Pell Grant Increase Will Help Low-Income Students, But More is Needed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. In spring 2020, Black male retention at Whittier dropped to 30%. In spring 2020, Black male retention at Whittier dropped to 30%. With President Biden’s signature on Dec.

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PSLF Could Soon Include All Early Childhood Education Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If these educators can access PSLF, we can help our youngest children, their families, and their communities.” Public service jobs include public education, social work, and early childhood education — it’s already in the definition. Retention levels of those who received the grant were 96% across the state.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. Working with our campuses, we’ve put in place high standards to raise their overall retention rates, overall graduation rates and overall attainment rates.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A plan for mainstream colleges and universities has been laid out for intentional engagement in recruitment and retention. COIN has an elders-in-residence program through which UM students have access to cultural knowledge speakers and language speakers. A vital component is developing culturally reflective support services. “In