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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. There is much to celebrate. Construction crews are sprawled out across the 83-acre campus just 15 miles south of Los Angeles.

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Programming to include a nationwide collective of educators, administrators, and thought leaders. “We The overall enrollment nationwide at Title IV institutions (schools that process federal financial aid) is 8% Hispanic males and 5% Black males.

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Price check: Tuition is climbing again, but not as high as inflation

University Business

That said, more colleges and universities raised tuition and fees in 2022-23 than in the previous two years, the College Board reports in its latest look at financial aid trends. How financial aid is impacting college tuition. In 2022-23, average sticker prices and fees are 1.8% higher for private nonprofit institutions.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Syracuse hires an Indigenous healer to meet student demand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: For years, Indigenous students at Syracuse University have been urging administrators to increase campus supports for them, including in the counseling center. She eventually returned to school at Syracuse University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in three-dimensional art in 2011. Still, students say more needs to be done.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. They can work on their mentor’s already established research project or develop their own.

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Why Do Universities Lie About Program Information?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Claremont McKenna College’s former Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid engaged in false reporting practices that went beyond inflating SAT numbers, misrepresenting statistics on ACT scores, class ranking and application numbers, according to a report published by O’Melveny & Meyers LLP.