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Traditionally, our new student numbers are very strong, and theyre strong once again this year, and the continuing students retention numbers lag, but this semester were seeing that our continuing students have increases year over year, Hlavenka said. fall-to-fall retention rate. Thats a really encouraging sign.

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Department of Education has awarded more than $40 million in grant funding to help improve completion rates for underserved students. These awards will not only help find new ways to help students graduate; they will help change expectations.”

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Responding to a problem To help address these issues, the National Science Foundation has created the ADVANCE Adaptation track grants, which offer schools millions of dollars to implement tested programs to increase the representation of women in academic science and engineering careers. These are not programs that work right away.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. Students and their families don’t understand the inner workings.”

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million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. Radford received its hoped-for amount in the grant, said Trageser, as they carefully calculated what it would cost to hire and keep their student support advocates.

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“Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. How to achieve tenure and publishing assistance is also on the agenda. The community is why the fellows stay at MSIs," said Gasman.

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MARCH 6, 2025

She served as principal investigator on the National Science Foundation grant focused on Evidence-Informed Practices to Improve Climate (Project EPIC) to transform departmental cultures within STEM disciplines to improve the retention and advancement of women, particularly women of color.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. With President Biden’s signature on Dec. Federal Reserve. “On

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MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

His work delves into crucial questions about retention, working conditions, and the importance of allowing Black teachers to maintain their autonomy and cultural teaching practices. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A&T) will use a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement a program to increase STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, particularly Ph.Ds. The two-year, $1,075,000 grant will go toward the Preparing Future Minority Ph.D. Researcher (PFMPR) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lawrence Scott, an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, San Antonio called “quite unique” and said could catch fire among other schools looking to improve retention for minority students. For part-time students, a change in coach led to a decrease in persistence.

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JULY 8, 2024

million Acceleration Grant from the National Institute for Student Success. Its grant includes funding to support partnerships with Morgan State, North Carolina Central University, and Kennesaw State University over the next three years to implement recommendations with formal coaching support.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Temple University have released a guide for higher ed institutions on how to implement completion grants for their students. Dr. Christel Perkins Completion grants are funds given to students who need them to finish out their degree or academic journey.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

In an attempt to address this disparity, the Lilly Endowment, has announced a five-year, $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest charity for Native higher education. The money will go towards funding efforts to improve enrollment and retention at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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MAY 23, 2024

Developing a robust pipeline of leaders of color is vital in education, with research highlighting its positive effects on teacher retention, student enrollment in advanced classes, and graduation rates for students of color,” said UC Berkeley School of Education Dean Dr. Michelle D. Young About $1.2

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Georgia State University has launched a teacher prep and retention program to help ensure students in metro Atlanta school districts receive stable, qualified classroom instruction. The program is made possible by funding from Georgia State, the four partner school districts, federal- and state-level TEACH Grants and The Goizueta Foundation.

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JULY 5, 2023

The funding from this grant will enable students at these two universities to pursue an undergraduate education in food, agricultural, human sciences and related programs without the stress of tuition coverage,” saidLyon- Bennett, assistant dean for academics for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences. “The

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There is no cost to join ATI, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and coordinated by the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program and Ithaka S+R.

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Levine Issues include recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Black, Indigenous, and people of color are 37% of the adult population, yet make up just 19% of the teaching force, according to AERA.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

78% of CUNY’s new associate-degree students were assigned to traditional remedial classes in at least one subject – most commonly math – and most assigned had low course completion, retention, and graduation rates. CUNY has now removed stand-alone traditional remedial courses at all 10 associate degree-granting colleges. .

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.” GSU’s student support team created a system of automatic micro-grants, which would be auto distributed to students in need. GSU began relying on predictive data to proactively assist students.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

In addition to the scholars program, Fidelity’s initiative – Invest in My Education (ME) – will also include retention and completion grants for students at risk of dropping out due to financial reasons, and grants to bolster nonprofit organizations aiming to improve graduation rates of underserved students.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” Campus housing could have a discernable impact on retention and graduation. By example, fall 2023 students with housing had a retention rate of 89.6% versus 83.8% for other certificate/degree seeking students.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received $75,000 to increase retention, completion, and transfer success for male students of color. This grant will allow us to create academic courses, establish standard research experiences and reimagine Honors spaces keeping diversity and inclusion top of mind. Dr. Sunni L.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Stony Brook University has received $700,000 for an initiative to address the lack of diverse and well-prepared K-12 school leaders.

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MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. She notes it helps build community.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Consuelo Wilkins The Vanderbilt Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Program (V-FIRST) – funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – will aim to accelerate hiring, promotion, and retention efforts for diverse, early-career investigators. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

“My research examines the ways in which larger social processes affect students and their overall well-being while also addressing underrepresented and marginalized students in relation to retention and success,” she says. Dueñas says she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine students in their higher educational spaces.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year.

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MARCH 10, 2023

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Part-time students can use leftover traditional Pell Grant money to take summer classes, so they don’t qualify for summer Pell.)

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. For that reason it’s encouraging to see that a key provision of the bill would double the amount of annual grants that help prospective educators pay for college.

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