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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ivonne Diaz-Claisse “I told my story — what it took for me to achieve my dream — and at the end, the students wanted my autograph,” says Diaz-Claisse, president and CEO of Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (HISPA), a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Franklin University, which primarily serves non-traditional, part-time adult learners, offers a unique perspective on higher education growth. Decker highlights that in addition to content, academic programs should consider their structure, transferability, micro-credentials, and prior learning assessments as part of the product.

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The Overlooked Factor in College Success: Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The problems in higher education are well known. However, most of the young adults I work with at the Come to Believe Foundation — students who are first-generation, students who are from low-wealth backgrounds, and students who are often on the margins of high-quality higher education programs — know the value of a college degree.

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Initiative Promotes Financial Literacy by Investing in HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coleman says that the initiative began with a partnership with Braven, a national nonprofit organization that helps college students develop a path to economic mobility. Experts have also sounded the alarm about the need for financial education programs to address the racial wealth gap.

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Amid pushback, U.S. delays guidance on outsourcing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Education Department’s recent guidance expanding the definition of what it means to be a “third-party servicer” for institutions that receive federal financial aid funds put online program management companies, or OPMs, squarely in the center of the bull’s-eye. So no one was remotely surprised that the U.S.