Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Billionaire Robert Smith’s pledge to pay off $35 million in student loan debt for the Morehouse Graduating Class of 2019 was not only transformational and liberating for those directly impacted, but it would also go on to cause a catalytic movement that resulted in several individuals to follow his lead. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, Sr.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services. To learn more, visit ascendiumeducation.org.

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Grant First generation Career services Facilitation 98

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Three Big Trends Impacting the Future of Student Success I see three macro trends that closely impact student success and touch nearly every institution in some way: First, we know that the population of traditional-age students will continue to diversify at the same time as it shrinks (the so-called “ demographic cliff ”).

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Student success Success Mental health Students 59

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Three Big Trends Impacting the Future of Student Success I see three macro trends that closely impact student success and touch nearly every institution in some way: First, we know that the population of traditional-age students will continue to diversify at the same time as it shrinks (the so-called “ demographic cliff ”).

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Student success Success Mental health Students 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Smith University — an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in North Carolina — concurs that student debt and loan forgiveness will be big stories.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

First generation 98

First generation Education Leadership Grant 98

COE

MARCH 10, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

First generation 98

First generation Low income student Leadership Tutoring 98