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Studying Racial Equity in Higher Education - Dr. Román Liera

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Romn Liera is a rising star in higher education, with a dedication to equity, innovative scholarship and student-centered learni Dr. Romn Liera ning. Thats how I came into my work around racial equity and organizational change. I was asking questions about the structure. The big one that Ive been looking at is hiring.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

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Recipients include A Step Beyond, Barrio Logan College Institute, and First Gen Scholars, each receiving $125,000 annually. Two major donations bolster the initiative: an anonymous $1 million gift and a $500,000 matching gift from the Barbara Monroe Scholarship Fund. Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9

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Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, Complete College America

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Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

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The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

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I'm a first-generation student. It not only contributes to increasing Latine students’ educational and political opportunities, but it also contributes to the advancement of methodological techniques to study contemporary issues of equity in politics. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.

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

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In concert with Rhode College’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as well as affordability, the Office of Admission strives to identify, recruit, and enroll domestic students who are underrepresented in higher education, including first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color.