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Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. The funding will allow for the hiring of four new student support advocates, who will offer dedicated attention and guidance to these students as they pursue their degrees.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

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“Ensuring that students from all backgrounds can enroll and thrive at Rhodes, regardless of their financial circumstances, is one of our core institutional commitments.” ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Collectively, each team is working to get the word out to as many prospective students and families as possible.

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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

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To accomplish this goal and meet the student demand for peer mentorship, DukeLIFE connected with Mentor Collective, a company with over 180 institutional partners that helps students build relationships with each other. Our campus climate, our institutional culture, is created to be collaborative, and FGLI students have to learn that.”

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Collectively, each team is working to get the word out to as many prospective students and families as possible.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

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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. Yet that rate drops to less than 48% for Hispanic students, 43% for African American students, and 31% for Native American students.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

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These tweaks can help specific subgroups of students, but they also help all students. In addition to coaching, shes making connections among the presidents and forging collaboration within the expanding network. ADT spends a good deal of time on peer and cohort learning.