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Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) could update Titles III and V to better serve students of color and low-income students. There are needs with food, housing, mental health support and counseling. … The supports they need to stay in school, to do well in school isn’t just about the academic piece.

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Undergraduate Enrollment Shows Growth for Second Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report’s preliminary data indicates the most significant decline is at four-year institutions that serve low-income students. Institutions that have a large number of undergraduate students who receive Pell Grants also reported a decline in freshman enrollment of more than 10%. increase. “The

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The tutoring and academic counseling were crucial to her success. When you create an atmosphere and an environment where students feel supported, they see people like themselves working in those environments. “We Alexander has seen a dip in low-income students applying as well as enrolling at colleges and universities.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. We believe in absolutely helping them actualize their goals and vice versa.”

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“Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it

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As for students who didn’t file their FAFSA, many of these students may be first-generation or low-income students who need more support to make it to the first day of classes. According to a survey conducted by EAB, 28% of first-generation students reported not feeling mentally prepared for college.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

So to your point, the non-academic students supports, the mental health students supports, investing in social workers that are on campus, investing in basic needs, making investments in customer service, overall, how do we interact with students on a kind of on a frontline level? So items such as that.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

COE

If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.