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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind? Foundations continue to focus on awarding scholarships to students who navigate and matriculate in college with ease. Dr. Merrill L.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D.

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Direct Admissions Helps Raise Applications, But Not Enrollments

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. Odle said that students tend to figure, “Once I’m in there, and I’ve already been admitted, why don’t I just go ahead and submit another application?” points likelier. “We

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After she told him, he said, “Hmmm… the school has definitely changed.” It’s definitely helpful to hop on the group chat and process or go eat lunch together,” says Hall. Hall was encouraged to lean into who she is, to do, as she put it, the scholarship that feeds her soul. It definitely helped me stay in the role.”

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Inspiring Tech Context

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are clear models of success, scholarship opportunities to major universities, lucrative professional contracts, elevated social status, and the potential to dramatically change the economic conditions for themselves and their families in place. The context around football has been infused with value.

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Dismantling the Academy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are willing to tweak the application of these things, using the master’s tools, definitions, and proscribed outcomes but a real paradigm shift eludes us. As a sector, we must recognize that time is variable and provide alternate pathways for traditional and nontraditional learners. The students have excelled. ·

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Mark Henderson Henderson says the measure definitely influenced the enrollment of “historically excluded groups.” He says that the legislative decisions “pushed [schools in those states] to reach out and provide guidance to applicants.” Those students’ enrollments went way down, across the system. What barriers have they overcome?