The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

In fact, many of today's students are a bit older, self-supporting (some with dependents), possibly first-generation and/or from underserved or marginalized communities, and lacking the experience or time to find the resources that might better ensure their academic success.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

11 Engage Families: During the pandemic, students relied more on their families when making decisions about college, but first-generation students were 23 percent less likely than successive-generation students to name their families as a top resource. New Research into College Enrollment Declines. Ready to find out more?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As Liam Knox of Inside Higher Ed put it , the ruling was “a vague and at times self-contradictory piece of jurisprudence that continues to frustrate colleges keen to maintain diversity without falling out of compliance.” Is promoting social mobility one of your institution’s primary goals?

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Speaking at a National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators ( NASFAA ) conference in February, Melanie Storey, Director of the ED’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), said that, in order to assure compliance with the Act, the ED will not be able to launch the FAFSA as usual on October 1 of this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These changes include discontinuing the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, ending programming under Student Life's Center for Belonging and Social Change, and renaming the Office of Institutional Equity to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance. These are difficult conversations, as we knew they would be.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2025

FSA manages the process that determines which institutions are allowed to participate in the federal student aid program through Program Participation Agreements (PPAs)legal contracts that require colleges to meet quality standards in areas such as accreditation, fiscal responsibility, and compliance with civil rights protections.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

They’re usually first-generation students, they’re Black, they’re Latin[x].” These under-resourced schools, Draeger said, need more support from the federal government to be in compliance, not punishment. He also called it a victory for proponents of racial justice and equity. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Over 69% of our students identify as students of color, and over 55% are first-generation college students. Furthermore, as policy rollbacks occur, she brilliantly shared the importance of avoiding excessive and premature compliance as we all seek to understand how to proceed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Adopting a resolution to affirm our values and compliance with recent guidance on discrimination and merit-based opportunity and amending language in our policies and strategic plan are critical necessary actions to ensure federal funding for Virginia's Community Colleges is not compromised," said VCCS State Board Chair Terri Thompson.

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