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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testy, the current president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, begins her new role effective July 1. Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. To be eligible for the program, students must fulfill several requirements.

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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2005, KPromise gives graduates of the Kalamazoo Public School District scholarships that pay for up to 100% of tuition and fees at any public college or university in Michigan and to 15 private schools. He noted that these kinds of supports are all quite expensive, however, and described them as unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university

The Guardian Higher Education

the previous year – the first time the rate has fallen since it was first measured in 2005-06. Figures released by the Department for Education show that 29% of students eligible for free school meals at 15 had progressed to university by the age of 19 in 2022-23, compared with 29.2% Continue reading.

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‘The Impact of College Diversity’ - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

Author who first explored the impact of diversity on undergraduates in 2005 returns to her subjects as they reach 30 and finds new evidence of success of affirmative action. The results appear in The Impact of College Diversity: Struggles and Successes at Age 30, also published by Temple.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

The University of Texas at Austin currently faces the latest in a series of lawsuits challenging the University’s admissions policies. The number of Hispanic students has increased dramatically since the passage of the 1997 law, and the current race-conscious admissions program at UT survived a challenge at the Supreme Court in 2016.

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Why we must improve opportunity and accessibility for adult learners

University Business

between 2005 and 2021. Flexible admission criteria, which take into account their diverse experiences and prior learning Student support services: Ensuring students have well-being services available to them, along with support networks with other mature students. In 2021, 6.95% of Americans aged 25 to 29 were enrolled in college.