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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams became the director of the Career Advancement Center, where he would spend the next five years inviting first generation, low-income students, women, LGBTQ+, and other under-represented undergraduates into pursuing their graduate degrees. We did some great work.”

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s about preparing our students to thrive in their careers and throughout their lives, because they have experiences and exposures that ready them for a rapidly evolving world.” Applications and enrollment are at record highs as is the diversity of the student body. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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What enrollment leaders need to know about the upcoming FAFSA changes

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The FAFSA will be considerably shorter and rely almost exclusively on information from a family’s recent tax return, if applicable. Ideally, this will also result in more students submitting their FAFSA, and to multiple institutions. Families have historically been overwhelmed by the process, and many abandon the FAFSA all together.

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Consider Best Value Colleges

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Economic Mobility Index Measure of economic status change for low-income students. Average Net Price (ANP) Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college. Graduation Rate (6-year) Percent of undergraduate students who graduate within six years.