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Like many Californians, we wanted real answers about how long it takes students in this income category to recoup their educational costs,” said College Futures Foundation President & CEO Eloy Ortiz Oakley, former Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. million certificate- and degree-seeking students. Department of Education.

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We respond aggressively to complaints about campus safety and security,” said FSA Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray. Through the Clery Act schools are obligated to take action that creates safe and secure campus communities, investigate complaints, and responsibly disclose information about crimes and other safety concerns.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida , the NAACP advised in its letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker and current and prospective student-athletes. This is not about politics,” read the letter, characterized as a rebuke of anti-Black ideals.

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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. Higher education’s fundamental purpose lies in educating the public. As The Rev.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As The new institute has an ambitious mission. of all practicing U.S.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

These criticisms ranged from accusations of political indoctrination and concerns about affordability and value to questions about graduates' readiness for the workforce and persistent gaps in access and success. He predicted that by doing this, colleges and universities can gradually change the tide of public perception.

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MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) indicates that while 8,836 entering students at 40 community colleges around the country indicate that they intend to transfer to a four-year institution, the number that actually do is remarkably low. It’s really about intentionality,” said Garcia. “We

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MAY 1, 2024

The Freedom to Learn National Day of Action unites around principles believed to be vital to a healthy democracy and not limited to the following: · Public educators across the U.S. To learn more about the May 3 rally, and the May 2 virtual rally, visit FreedomToLearn.net. Participants will meet at 10:15 a.m.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Wherever approach tips the scale for an institution, one derivative must be clear: Is what you’re communicating about your support for DEI central to an active agenda, or is it rhetoric for political alignment and camaraderie? A subcomponent of the DOIT certification deals directly with public communication.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

After an organized disinformation campaign by conservative groups and individuals about the scope of its impact on the higher education community, the U.S. Following are some ideas about how progress might be made in diversifying the academy as we enter this post affirmative action era. Supportive and sustainable pipeline programs.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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MARCH 15, 2024

The funds came with very little restrictions for their implementation except that one portion was designated to support the institutions themselves and the rest targeted direct student support. What I think was really brilliant about the way the community colleges used the resources was they put students first,” said Dr. Karen A.

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APRIL 10, 2024

postsecondary institutions. The rates of decline have nearly doubled from about 1.5% In particular, I’m concerned about degree completion rates for women and for students of color, specifically Black males and Black women,” said Sasso. The center collects and analyzes data from almost all U.S.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Harvey While the public has become comfortable with the use of the terms HBCUs and PWIs — because they tend to convey a descriptive, non-judgmental sense of the current academic hierarchy — they also obscure the differential in resources, influence, power, and status between the two cohorts. Dr. William B.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The report, " Ensuring a Living Wage Through Higher Education ," examined whether that doubt has any legitimacy, looking at the earnings of about five million students at 3,887 U.S. higher ed institutions. We wanted to be as generous as possible within our study to show the most promising results for institutions,” he said.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Julie Posselt Admissions systems captivate the public because they represent possibility and gateways to status, because they are somewhat opaque, and because unfairness in what we can see often violates deeply rooted values and supports our cynical thoughts. Elite institutions are corrupt, and the rich are manipulating it.”

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. The CASE Insights SM on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey is the definitive source of data about philanthropic support for nonprofit and public higher education institutions in the U.S. Giving to U.S. of total support.

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MARCH 6, 2024

That’s why Excelencia has issued four new reports in its continuing investigation into the relationship between institutions, Latinx students, and the workforce. Experts said that philanthropists and policy makers should also ensure that the institutions who produce Latinx talent receive the resources they need to continue.

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APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% About 45.5% Dacey, who recently narrated a video about LGBTQ history at UND, has remained engaged with advocacy at the university. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus.

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APRIL 11, 2024

When the first edition of what was then called Black Issues In Higher Education was published on March 15, 1984, it was two days before my 14th birthday, and I was still adjusting to ninth grade in a public high school after attending a private school from second grade to eight grade. Dr. George L. Celebrating those “On the Move.”

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Students who observe Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Lunar New Year, or Diwali will be able to honor those traditions without worrying about their schoolwork. The announcement brings CUNY in alignment with New York State law and New York City Public Schools. Thompson Jr. Matos Rodríguez.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Kimbrough, executive in residence at the University of South California’s Race and Equity Center, president in residence at The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, and former president of two HBCUs: Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Panelists praised what the IRT did for them, discussing how the organization bolstered what they knew about the teaching profession, expanded their professional networks, and helped them understand key educational concepts. Marcus Penny In a Jan. you are committing to five years of chronic underpayment and financial instability,” Rheem said.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Previously, she was acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College. Pardis Mahdavi Mahdavi served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana most recently.

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JULY 6, 2023

“I would describe it as a nationwide attack on public education and on public school educators,” said Danielle Davis, staff counsel for the National Education Association, one of the country's largest teacher unions. adding that any institutions remain committed to creating diverse places for students to live and study.

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MAY 7, 2024

Most CCB colleges (62%) are located on the West Coast, a statistic that the report’s authors associate with the distance from and access to institutions of higher ed. And of those MSIs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) comprise the vast majority (71%).

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APRIL 24, 2024

As the largest champion of the Black college community and the only national organization to provide both financial and professional development support to students attending publicly supported HBCUs, TMCF notes that the delays and lack of clarity surrounding Better FASFA are presenting dire consequences for its students and institutions.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Yet despite serving almost 28,000 students yearly, experts say TCUs are often invisible to the public or seen as institutions of lesser quality than other public or private institutions, despite being accredited by state agencies. The 35 TCUs in the U.S. train future teachers, nurses, engineers, and more.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

International Chapel Morehouse College With programming ranging from panels and performances to service in the community – and much more in between – many institutions are planning to commemorate the occasion for longer than just the one day itself. 12 event will be free to the public and recorded for public viewing online as well.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It was predicted that the public Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) would face a structural operating deficit of over $22 million, a forecast that officials worried would hurt enrollment and other aspects of the school. We really are a model of labor management relations with public universities.”

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APRIL 19, 2023

The Aspen Institute’s This Is Planet Ed initiative has launched its Higher Ed Climate Action, which will aim to accelerate higher education’s progress on climate action, create an overarching framework, and identify policies to scale climate action across the sector. Higher education, across all types of institutions, must empower students.”

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MARCH 29, 2023

Dr. Taylor Odle In fall 1987, only about 33% of faculty members at U.S. Only about 24% of faculty held full-time tenured appointments as of fall 2021, versus 39% in 1987. “If It will also be updated regularly, thus providing ongoing information about continuing shifts. “We That puts institutions in a difficult place.”

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Stressed out and burned out from the COVID-19 pandemic and increased scrutiny of their profession by policymakers and the public, teachers have made good on their recent threats to leave their classrooms. More than 40% — roughly 220 — of the nation’s regional public universities are designated as Minority Serving Institutions.

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MAY 12, 2024

a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law and, in 2016, co-founded Opportunity Institute with Ann O’Leary, who served as chief of staff to California Gov. Christopher Edley Jr.,

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. Its goal, stated in the report, is to become a “blue print for a richer understanding of generations of racialized trauma rooted in the institution.”

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JANUARY 11, 2023

An additional 1,600-1,700 students at Emory University received grants and scholarships instead of loans in their financial aid packages this fall, the Atlanta-based institution announced recently, more than doubling the number of undergraduates expected to finish school with limited or no debt.

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