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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

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Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. 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.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Another core initiative of the presidency is making sure that NJIT is accessible to students of all backgrounds, including low-income students, and fostering a welcoming and inclusive campus community.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Innovations Smith said a rebound in community college enrollment is largely due to dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take community college courses. But Trent said these students are often not low-income students and therefore accommodation should be made for students who don’t have the resources to pay.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

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Smith University — an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in North Carolina — concurs that student debt and loan forgiveness will be big stories. Financial issues, along with enrollment, retention and graduation, will be newsworthy also. She adds that HBCU institutions have long dealt with being underfunded.

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Dumbing Down America

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the same speech, President Biden asked, rhetorically, “How can we be the strongest nation in the world without leading the world in science and technology?” At some — not all — universities, tuition prices and cost of attendance are ridiculous, keeping those schools very elite because only the wealthy can afford them.