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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

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Since its inception in the fall of 2009, more than 15,400 students have benefited from Opportunity Vanderbilt, and over 19,750 university alumni, parents, and friends have contributed more than $565 million in gifts toward the program’s endowment support. If you’re admitted, you belong here,” said Diermeier.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report. in philosophy. in English. “[It

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Jackson also was the recipient of a 2009 John Hope Franklin Award, presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. In 2009, President Obama appointed Jackson to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D.

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Tallahassee Community College Earns Highest Distinction from Achieving the Dream

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TCC also received the Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction designation in 2022 and was named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2009. “To Jim Murdaugh TCC was recognized during Achieving the Dream’s DREAM 2024 convening, Feb. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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Alabama’s Coach Saban Retires with Historic Seven National Titles

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He led the Tide to nine SEC championships and won national titles in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2020. He won his first title with LSU and another six during 17 seasons at the University of Alabama, where his teams were ranked No. 1 in the AP poll 15 straight seasons. We always tried to do it the right way.”

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Report: High-Achieving Black, Latino, and Low-Income Students Lacking Equal Access to Advanced Math Classes

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Ivy Morgan The Education Trust The report, " Opportunities Denied: High Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math ", used data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to determine such disparities stemming from systemic bias.