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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They include those currently in our alumni databases, friends of the college/university who annually comprise the president’s Christmas card list, or perhaps they are associates of Board members. Strategic engagement with these donors will give institutions a leg-up.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I can go to conferences to build relationships with these students, creating a database, bringing it back, and sharing it with the department to do outreach,” Waller says. Being present at these conferences helps raise the profile of Virginia Tech’s graduate programs as well as awareness of CEED’s support services. “I

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The New FAFSA Continues to Vex Students

College Planners of America

According to Adam Harris, writing Atlantic Magazine (April 16): “The new FAFSA rollout did not have to be this way. How Did This Happen? How did a bipartisan, long-term effort to simplify the Federal student aid process become a dysfunctional nightmare? But IT consultants and FSA staffers argued that one year would not be enough.

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The New FAFSA Continues to Vex Students

College Planners of America

According to Adam Harris, writing Atlantic Magazine (April 16): “The new FAFSA rollout did not have to be this way. How Did This Happen? How did a bipartisan, long-term effort to simplify the Federal student aid process become a dysfunctional nightmare? But IT consultants and FSA staffers argued that one year would not be enough.

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