Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke.

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

College students in rural America need accessible mental health services now more than ever. How can rural-serving institutions (RSIs) of higher education close the mental health support gap? Of the higher education institutions located in low-employment counties, 83% are RSIs. Public four-year institutions. Availability.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) – would extend students’ lifetime Pell Grant eligibility from 12 to 16 semesters. For many students, completing college in the traditional 12 semesters is not a reality,” Stevens said. As it stands now, students are prohibited from using Pell Grants for graduate or professional degrees.

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