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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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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary goal is helping increase the number of Native students enrolling in MSU and successfully completing a degree at MSU,” says Leonard. One of the challenges for some of our students once they get to MSU is maintaining the ability to pay for tuition costs.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. DukeLIFE’s peer mentors are all former mentees and also identify as FGLI.

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Texas A&M University-San Antonio Receives Grant to Address Economic Issues and Tech Access for Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Texas A&M University-San Antonio has received a $3 million grant to address economic issues and expand technology access for its student population. Texas A&M University-San Antonio The money – in the form of a “Caminos Hacia el Éxito” (Pathways to Success) grant from the U.S.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary goal is helping increase the number of Native students enrolling in MSU and successfully completing a degree at MSU,” says Leonard. One of the challenges for some of our students once they get to MSU is maintaining the ability to pay for tuition costs.”

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Panel Dives into Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The factors that it uses include student earnings, student capacity to pay off debt, and comparing the percentage of students who receive Pell grants that graduate to the expected rates. A school might be offering access to a great many low-income students, but not graduating many of them.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.