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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

That is what the education-to-career path has traditionally looked like — but today’s typical higher education student is just as likely to be older when they enter (or return to) university, working while in school, a parent, a first-generation student — or any combination of these. by Shelley Seale. When I enrolled at St.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. The group is currently suing The United States Military Academy West Point.