Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

With downtown San Antonio as a beautiful backdrop, representatives from 24 community colleges in 13 states convened for the 29th Annual Community College Futures Assembly in February. Hudson County Community College (N.J.) Hudson County Community College (N.J.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 The program aims to offer academic tutoring and mentorship; high school and college course selection assistance; financial aid application help; guidance on secondary school reentry, alternative education programs, and college entry; and financial literacy education.

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APRIL 2, 2024

A working paper from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University studying two-year students’ habits has linked mental health-related issues, such as anxiety and depression, to worse persistence rates and credit accumulation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

A rare partnership between a group of community colleges and a private, for-profit institution is aiming to fix that. The Alamo Colleges District, made up of five community colleges, is the largest provider of higher education in South Texas with over 100,000 students, 81% of whom are students of color.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 15, 2023

The University of Chicago, one of 17 highly selective colleges accused in a class action of violating federal antitrust laws by conspiring by using a common method for allocating financial aid, has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle the legal claims against it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

While the biggest problems are directly impacting only a tiny number of colleges and universities, the effects are widespread because, to the public and the politicians, all 4,000+ institutions are part of the same band. That public is diverse along every possible line and far more diverse than today’s college students.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

In fact, some schools have experienced record growth over the last five years, and no higher education institutions are better positioned for continued growth in the next decade than community colleges. Community colleges play a crucial role in providing an accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations.

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University Business

APRIL 5, 2024

Ghost students, also called “Pell runners,” have caused particular havoc in California, upsetting the institutional security measures and often stealing millions of dollars in financial aid. At the most nefarious level, scammers use the identity of other unsuspecting persons to collect financial aid money.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab is author of Paying the Price, College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream , senior fellow at Education Northwest, and an adjunct professor at the Community College of Philadelphia. It also made me admire the incredible scholar activists who lit the way. They are not.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions. Pomona is a need-blind school, meaning that it does not consider students’ financial contributions when evaluating their applications.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 12, 2023

multinational investment bank, is suing the college planning platform Frank Financial Aid, which it acquired in 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. JPMorgan Chase, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The foundation’s award announcement follows a review of more than 70 applications and using criteria including a commitment to ensuring fair outcomes for Black and brown students, simplicity, and innovation. It selected seven institutions who will receive a total of $3.1 million in implementation and planning grants.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. The paper offers strategies for colleges to run dual-enrollment programs without breaking the bank.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Image: To increase enrollment and retention of male students, Queensborough Community College in New York is investing in a Male Resource Center, aimed at its smallest populations of Black and Latino men to create equity, President Christine Mangino says. At community colleges, the ratio grows, with nearly three women to every two men.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College. As an example, community healthcare training, a workforce training program for entry-level frontline workers, earns its students nine credits toward a public health degree at LaGuardia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s also been hard to watch as some colleagues approach basic needs insecurity with little more than a bit of sweet charity, as if a quick fix (like a couple of cans of beans or a few meal vouchers) could ever counter the new economics of college. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids. What else can and should we do?

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

This small college was out of options. A risky proposal for private colleges: Ten reasons why the Board of Higher Education must rethink its plan. The invisible colleges revisited: An empirical review. Intended and unintended consequences of for-profit college regulation: Examining the 90/10 rule. The Hechinger Report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

In short, the relationship between higher education and sustained prosperity for families and communities is undeniable. What is the best approach to embracing the increased diversity of our communities and ensuring opportunity? And it is not just about a job. Historically, higher education has underserved many Kansans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

When the FAFSA Simplification Act begins to take effect this July, it’s expected to significantly affect the process of applying for financial aid, making the paperwork less complex and altering the formula for eligibility. You may be able to go to community college, pay your tuition, have your books, etc.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2023

When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington State to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost. You need help with your classes and financial aid? But at a community college, “it’s all on you.” grade-point average. Read more on The Hechinger Report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. Keith Curry Eddie Ruvalcaba Photography It’s no secret that Compton College has had its fair share of challenges.

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University Business

MAY 22, 2023

Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, would award money to colleges based on the number of students who earn “credentials of value,” complete at least 15 hours of courses and transfer to a four-year university, enroll in dual credit courses, or take courses that “apply toward academic or workforce program requirements.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

college enrollment is a lingering concern for both educators and policy makers. College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Others, alarmed by reports of the high cost of tuition, believe that going to college will require them to shoulder an oppressive debt burden.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

In 2001, SLN launched the CollegeBound Initiative (CBI), placing 33 college counselors in schools in New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo. Since then, the team has helped over 23,000 students successfully navigate the path to college and helped them secure over $1 billion in scholarships and financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. Enrollment for Black learners in community colleges is not down because of COVID or because the Black population is shrinking (in fact, it has increased by 2.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. His own journey in higher education began at Laredo Junior College. from the Community College Leadership Program. from the Community College Leadership Program. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. Roueche, executive director, John E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I look forward to working with all members of our campus communities, lawmakers, and stakeholders to bring SUNY to new heights and maximize its potential." King is currently president of nonprofit The Education Trust. Earlier in his career, he was New York State’s first African American and first Puerto Rican education commissioner.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But after showing up at one of Michigan’s community colleges, the returning student is given a high-stakes test in math and English to see if they are “ready” for college-level work. Yet students spend their time and money in these courses while burning through their financial aid.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

If they don’t, they may be unable to participate in Title IV programs and award federal financial aid. Department of Education has made clear that the Safeguards Rule, as it’s commonly called, applies to all postsecondary institutions that participate in financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

The ETS-Trenton Central High School (TCHS) Scholarship Program will award graduating seniors who can demonstrate high levels of academic achievement, strong community engagement, and leadership in high school. university during the next academic school year.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New findings from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) are eerily similar to those of the Department of Education : only 16% of community college students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. They must present evidence of effectiveness in institutional practices serving Latino students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Waiting for FAFSA Liam Knox Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM A major overhaul to the federal student aid form delayed its launch at least two months. That means headaches for everyone from financial aid officers to applicants. Byline(s) Katherine Knott Liam Knox

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