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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. These policies aimed to counteract systemic disadvantages by considering race, ethnicity, and other factors in admissions processes. These administrators (e.g.,

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Five AmeriCorps alumni share career success in the field of higher education

College Forward

Over the past couple of months, we had insightful conversations with AmeriCorps alumni who recently served with College Possible and have since transitioned into roles within higher education. Jerry shares, “College Possible created the pathway of higher education on the side of student success for me.

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Post-Pandemic Resurgence Bolsters HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The lessening of health protocols for in-person classes and a return to co-curricular programming and vibrant campus life bring a bustling scene to admissions and enrollment offices. You can only accept the number of students you can accommodate for residence life, classroom space and things of that nature.”