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Study: Almost One in Four Undergrads Experienced Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Significant portions of the college student population have faced food insecurity, according to an analysis of data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2020 (NPSAS:20). The data within is extensive and can be disaggregated based on a number of characteristics, including race, academics, and finances.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He did so while dressed in his university’s academic regalia, formalwear that symbolizes the honor and prestige bestowed upon the individual wearing it. I can only imagine how the Asian graduates and their parents very likely in attendance must have felt during what should have been a celebratory moment of academic achievement.

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A Race Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forty-one years had passed since Howard graduated from the school, but his formative years as a student there radically transformed his life and set him on the path to becoming the world class scholar that he is today. Those shifting demographics are broadly reflected in today’s student population.

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What to do when you are deferred from your first choice college

Great College Advice

What do you do when you are deferred from your first choice college? Being deferred in the early round of college admissions really stinks. It’s disappointing, especially if the college in question was your first choice. You do have some options about what to do, though not all of them are very good.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

College campus visits are a ritual. As the summer winds down, my team and I have been busy debriefing our students and their parents about whatever summertime college campus visits they have done in the past month or two. But mostly these are just superficial, once-over-lightly overviews of college life.

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How Do I Calculate My Real GPA?

Great College Advice

Everyone knows the importance of a high school student’s grade point average or GPA. Those students who are proud of their GPA practically have it tattooed on their foreheads, while others skulk about in fear that someone might discover what ignoramuses they truly are. How Do I Calculate My Real GPA for College?

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

Disclose Learning Differences on College Application…or Not? Nearly every week a student or two will ask me if they should disclose learning differences on the college application. Generally speaking, students don’t want to give a college any reason to generate any preconceived notions about them.