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MARCH 28, 2025

Perhaps most significantly, Latino students are more than twice as likely to receive grants (67%) than take out loans (27%), indicating a strong preference for aid that doesn't require repayment. For state grants, 16% of Latino students received need-based grants compared to only 2% who received merit-only grants.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has been named the next president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), marking a Dr. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

million grant from T.D. million grant will lay the groundwork for an innovative mixed-use development that not only provides essential services and resources but also strengthens the college’s long-term vision for community impact. Thanks to a $1.5 PQC is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in the nation.

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JULY 8, 2024

million Acceleration Grant from the National Institute for Student Success. Dr. Kara Turner The institute collaborates with colleges and universities to identify obstacles to degree completion and implement proven solutions for student success. Morgan State University has been awarded a $1.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While at the helm of Clinton College, he has helped the institution secure millions of dollars in grants for new programming and presided over the transition of the school from a a two-year school to a four- year college. “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The National Clearinghouse data already shows that at four-year colleges with high shares of Pell Grant recipients, freshman enrollment is declining by more than 10 percent. Double the Pell Grant and Tie It to Inflation : Policymakers should not only double the Pell Grant but tie it to inflation so that it maintains its purchasing power.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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MARCH 4, 2025

The recent cancel lation of critical grants and contracts at the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) jeopardizes the future of congressionally mandated and statistically robust surveys on postsecondary education experiences and outcomes. Without NPSAS, these affordability gaps would remain hidden.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2024

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

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Appalachian State University's College Access Partnerships in the Reich College of Education has been awarded a $35 million grant as part of the U.S. Dr. Heather Norris App State is one of 18 institutions nationwide this year to be awarded a grant through GEAR UP grant, a federally funded college access program.

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JULY 11, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That's the findings from a new report , released by researchers at the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, in cooperation with The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). This is one answer.” Michele Shepard Zampini, senior director of college affordability at TICAS.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Ellucian Foundation will award grants to 25 two-year colleges to help support students facing economic challenges. Ipsen The global 2023 Progress, Accomplishment, Thriving, Hope (PATH) Scholarship consists of $10,000-$25,000 grants to higher ed institutions to help students with expenses such as housing, tuition, and food.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

In many of our ACE programs, we grant academic credit. Data is critical for UNT’s student success as well, said Voight. Our program directors and faculty chairs work closely to match them to existing courses.” Voight said this is thanks to LaGuardia’s clever use of data to identify strong candidates.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

They can create a more nuanced and equitable approach to grading that truly reflects student learning and prepares them for success after high school. Although they still utilize grades, these initiatives grant high school students access to real college courses, helping them build early success and experience in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

The National Association of College and University Business Officers is launching its NACUBO Student Success Hub to advance strategic financing for equitable student outcomes.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

These disparate environments have offered Briscoe a unique insight into the experiences of Black students within these spaces and how institutional support for Black students is critical to their success. She directly credits mentors and multicultural resource centers on UNLs campus for her ability to thrive in their program.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Basic needs security is foundational to learning; without it, students are unable to fully engage in their studiesundermining their academic success and their ability to achieve economic security," the report notes. The survey reveals significant disparities among different student populations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

million grant through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Noyce grant is a catalyst for transformative change that will allow Lenoir-Rhyne to invest in preparing the highest caliber STEM teachers who will shape the future of innovation through their students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Faculty from the University of Kentucky (UK), Vanderbilt University, and University of North Carolina Greensboro have received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support underrepresented minority faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In partnership with the Success Center at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the initiative will focus on courses that last eight weeks or less, rather than the traditional 16-17 week format. The California Community Colleges system is rolling out an ambitious new project aimed at making higher education more Dr. Rowena M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

According to ACE's stringent criteria, universities must demonstrate exceptional research capabilities through substantial financial investment and doctoral program success. The minimum requirements include at least $50 million in annual research spending and the production of at least 70 research doctorates.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dr. Keith Curry As an unapologetic community college president, I believe educational leaders must unapologetically focus our institutions on Black learner success and that we can significantly improve the waning college value proposition that cross-partisan majorities of all Americans perceive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. million to 22 of the nation’s higher education institutions through its Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development (RPED) Grant Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Florida A&M University, attests to the success of ELEVATE after taking advantage of the program’s benefits to aid in her own career. “As Dr. Cheron H. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Curry, who previously served as the Dean of Student Services at Compton College and has been instrumental in the colleges growth, success, and rebuilding, says that his role in this process was to also be courageous. I think the most important piece to this was we didnt ask for the planning grant, remembers Curry.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. By helping young learners thrive and setting them up for future success, we will transform the lives of children, families and communities in ways that transcend metrics." The Center will be led by Dr. X.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The mission of the nonprofit is to boost college access and success by connecting high school and college students with near-peer coaches. With the additional support, the program is helping students in those communities to navigate the complex world of college access, admissions, and success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The African American Male Education Network and Development, also known as A²MEND, is led by African American male educators who work for institutional change within California’s community college system to increase the success of African American male students. One thing Compton College and President [Dr.

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MARCH 14, 2025

These success stories underscore the program's value in developing academic research and analytical skills that can serve as important bridges to life after incarceration. Since 2019, the program has seen dramatic growth, supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Ascendium Education Group.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

The MCT Foundation, established to support underrepresented students in higher education, provides scholarships, grants, and professional development opportunities specifically targeting African American, Latinx, and other underrepresented groups. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The report suggests that Congress could potentially impose additional endowment taxes on universities that maintain legacy preferences while offering reduced penalties to institutions that increase enrollment of Pell Grant recipients, community college transfers, and veterans.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Heather Shotton, an Indigenous Education scholar who is currently the vice president of diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College, has done extensive research on Indigenous student success and what it means to be a Native-ready campus.

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