Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing a bill to increase lifetime Pell Grant eligibility and expand Pell Grant eligibility to graduate programs. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) – would extend students’ lifetime Pell Grant eligibility from 12 to 16 semesters. Haley Stevens The Pell to Grad Act – introduced by Reps.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Previously, she joined the IUPUI faculty in 1993 and ascended through the ranks as a department chair, dean and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, prior to her role as chief academic officer. She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Throughout the report, “Exploring the Educational Experiences of Black and Hispanic PhDs in STEM,” it is clear that Black, and to some extent Hispanic, students have very different experiences than their white and Asian counterparts. Four research questions were developed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

However, for federal Pell grants specifically, Latino students appear to be receiving larger sums on average ($4,246) than other racial/ethnic groups, the only exception being Asians ($4,722). And rates of Latino enrolling into undergraduate education as adults – ages 25 or older – are even to their white peers at 18%, the report noted.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But it has also become the primary determinant of what the applicant will pay for an undergraduate education. Colleges complete a data field named “Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid”. A high school student’s academic record still matters because it remains the key factor in admissions.

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

With smaller average enrollments and a focus on undergraduate education, RSIs also enroll a greater share of low-income students who receive Federal Government Pell Grants, as well as a higher percentage of Native American/Alaska Native students.

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