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New Oregon college scholarships leave some Indigenous students out

University Business

The year was 2005 and Cushman, 18, had set her sights on becoming the first person in her family to attend college. Cushman learned she was ineligible, she says, because the Chinook tribe is not recognized by the federal government. Read more on Oregon Live.

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How higher education leaders can institute and support financial literacy programs for their student body

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Financial Literacy and Education Commission, between the academic years of 2004-2005 and 2015-2016, the cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board at public institutions rose 34%. This means that more students have taken on debt to pay for college—much of which consists of federal government loans totaling more than 1.5

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Tug-of-War: Bought vs. Brought Credit

Confessions of a Community College Dean

2005 ) around what can or cannot be counted. National organizations such as AACRAO, ACE, CHEA, the federal government, the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board and more are asking for institutions to look inward, redefine transfer and engage in transfer reform and reset.

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US K-12 Education: Still the "Shame of the Nation"

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2005, Jonathan Kozols The Shame of the Nation powerfully critiqued the deeply entrenched educational inequalities that have disproportionately harmed Black, Latino, and low-income students. Department of Education Under Linda McMahon, the federal governments role in ensuring educational equity will diminish drastically.

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DEI Did It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not a natural death but a political assassination, co-authored by right-wing disinformation machines and a federal government, including the president himself, that is hellbent on dismantling the very institutions meant to serve the people. Peterson demise. The latest attack?

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Feds Cancel Debts for 261,000 Students of Disgraced School Now Run by U. of Arizona (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government.