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Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. After looking into and providing a solution to assist the student, Weatherspoon wanted to know what more the institution could do.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) details mental health challenges that students face and how they can be better supported. Elisabeth Lackner, director of institutional research at Queensborough Community College (QCC) in New York City, said the report reflects what QCC students experience.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new report released by The Education Trust titled, “Improving Titles III & V of the Higher Education Act to Better Serve Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds” examines how Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) receive funds related to Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Dr. Kayla C.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. UNT and LaGuardia’s student centered, data-driven approaches are helping their students succeed in the classroom and beyond, offering considerable returns on their educational investment. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM. In 2025, three additional courses, including one focused on supporting parenting students, will be added.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The 2024 Survey found that 35 states now require students to take a course in personal finance to graduate, up by 12 since 2022. The new regulations in those dozen states will lead to over 10 million additional K–12 students – 21 percent of current students – gaining guaranteed access to this knowledge, the Survey notes.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While higher education is a path to opportunity — many underrepresented, minoritized students face systemic barriers that make their graduate-level academic experience feel like an uphill challenge. Representation can also be a challenge as a student moves further toward becoming a scholar. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Tiffane Cochran The student debt report, " Student Debt, COVID-19 Relief, and Loan Forgiveness: Perspectives from Today’s Young Lawyers ," was conducted between April and May.

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JULY 15, 2024

In their study, “ Inside the Black Box ,” researchers discovered that algorithms used to predict student success produced false negatives for 19% of Black and 21% of Latinx students, incorrectly calculating these percentages of students would fail out of college. All the algorithms can see and learn,” said Anahideh.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

TimelyCare and Active Minds released new data today that sheds light on students’ interest in mental health reform. According to the report, almost three-quarters (73.6%) of college students feel it is important to raise awareness about mental health, but only 42.5%

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Johnson, an associate professor and director at the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education, shines a light on an often-forgotten subset of students. Institutions should be making efforts to meet these students where they are and provide them with basic needs like housing, food, and financial support.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Brigid Flanigan The Portland Community College Foundation has received a $1 million gift pledge to launch the college’s First-Year Experience initiative, benefitting historically underserved students. The gift was made by Tenfold Senior Living founder and principal Brigid Flanigan.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

million and are used to boost student-athlete academic achievement. Each campus recipient is intentional with their application by clearly stating a commitment to invest in and to evolve services to support student athletes' educational experience and their academic success.” The grants total over $1.5

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AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind?

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JULY 11, 2024

Most students are stressed or anxious about the upcoming U.S. Dr. Jerry Walker In July, the provider conducted an online survey of 1,491 two- and four-year college students to examine their mental health and well-being. About 77% of students reported feeling like their candidate of choice cares about the issues that matter to them.

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JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Seventy-one percent of its students are first-generation college students and more than half are Pell eligible. The ability to shape a campus culture of excellence with comprehensive student support was always very appealing to me,” says Rios-Ellis, a bilingual and bicultural educational and community health leader.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It relates to violations of the “ability-to-benefit” test regulations that govern eligibility to receive federal student aid for students without a high school diploma or GED equivalent.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Ohio Wesleyan University has received an estate commitment of $12 million to support first-generation college students. One of every five Ohio Wesleyan students is the first in their family to attend college, according to university officials. Thirty-eight percent of the Class of 2028 are first-generation college students.

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MAY 14, 2024

“I would not be here if I didn’t find an arts organization like Urban Word that supplemented the creative programs that I did not have access to in school,” said Pacheco who is a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY), where she is a writing and literature major. “I

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Latino college students face significant barriers across the United States, according to UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization who released a new national survey on Tuesday. Each year nearly one million Latino students turn 18 years of age and graduate from high school. 16 and Sept.

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JUNE 24, 2024

The center provides services that students need, such as a childcare center, a food pantry, clothing distribution, and social workers on staff. The human development she studied in her doctoral program opened her eyes to what was needed on the college level to ensure student success.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

students will convene next week in New Orleans. SREB officials point out that faculty of color– especially in leadership positions – are still underrepresented in comparison to the racial and ethnic diversity of the students they teach. The nation's largest gathering of underrepresented Ph.D.

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MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We million investment from the city. Matos Rodríguez. Matos Rodríguez. “We

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APRIL 15, 2024

Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication. It will be open to all undergraduate students, regardless of race.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In an effort to provide an inclusive and dedicated college experience for diverse populations, The University of Phoenix is actively working to address the unique educational needs of tribal students through its Tribal Operations Team. Another key success of the program is improving student retention and completion rates.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab It's incredibly hard to meet students where they are and effectively teach and support them without a sense of their basic needs. Department of Education confirmed that 8% of students experiences homelessness.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University, alleging systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities, CNN reported. Then, students who withdraw are barred from visiting campus and campus activities without prior permission, including in-person summer classes open to non-students.

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JULY 11, 2024

Earlier this year, a report from the National Student Clearinghouse brought some welcome news following years of declines in college transfer. million undergraduate students enrolled in college last fall, 1.2 The data showed that, of the 11.7 The transfer process is fraught with financial and bureaucratic hurdles.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Oakland University (OU) and Oakland Community College (OCC) in Michigan, are launching a pilot program campus housing program to permit community college students to live on the university campus.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Torres (D-Calif), reintroduce the Basic Assistance for Students in College (BASIC) Act on Wednesday, a bicameral legislation to help ensure college students can meet their basic needs while pursuing their education. We need to create a student social safety net that sets them up for success. Cory Booker (D-N.J.),

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. The challenges predate the pandemic but were exacerbated by it.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

National Association of Colleges and Employers New grads and employers agree on what student proficiencies are necessary — graduating seniors ranked communication, critical thinking, and teamwork as the three most important competencies for a job candidate to develop to be considered career ready on a 2023 NACE student survey.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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