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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

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“While I would say one year does not make a trend, we are concerned about the dip in the enrollment of all domestic students, but especially for racially and ethnically marginalized groups, for whom progress has already been too slow, painfully slow,” Ortega said. “If among Hispanic/Latinx students, 1.9% among White students, and 0.7%

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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Rick Garfunkel, vice president for global affairs, had to bring back several hundred students who were studying overseas, including 40 in China. “[It was] not easy,” he said. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.” They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

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Report: Graduate Enrollment is on the Decline

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Coming out of that, for international students, we see a two-year rise in enrollments, and that continues as a positive trend. In terms of domestic students, coming out of COVID, we had a bump, a rebound in domestic enrollments, but now we're at today's report, which shows a decrease." plummet for part-time students.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

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It took a village, Hughes-Watkins said, from the interning students conducting research, to the advisory board and community liaisons, to create the report. Students know that there’s no way an institution this old has no ties to slavery,” said Hughes-Watkins. “I They’re not those schools anymore. Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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Dear First Generation Student…

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Dear First-Generation College Student. Hear it straight from a first-gen and international student that, yes, you can do this. You belong.

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Investing in Community Colleges

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Approved proposals came from a wide range of departments and fields and included funding requests for ideas such as nutrition-themed exhibits, a peer leadership and mentorship program for international students, a study abroad program in Hawaii, and a diversity career panel series for students from marginalized communities.