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N.C. A&T Enrollment Tops 14,311

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate applications for admission this fall, resulting in a 3% increase in enrollment this year over last year. The university has experienced an annual increase since 2013, when 10,561 students enrolled. Dr. James R.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah B., AIFS in London, Spring 2013

AIFS Abroad

We caught up with Sarah, one of our alumni who participated in our study abroad program in London in 2013. When it came to writing a thesis, I chose International Admissions, my true passion, as my topic. That opened me up to so much more professional development, giving me a very niche skill within Admissions.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

However, MSIs also report lower-than-national-average graduation and retention rates, reflecting continued systemic challenges (both socioeconomic and political) shaping underrepresented students’ experiences of higher education (Flores & Park, 2013). Clearly, there’s real need to better serve underserved student communities.

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Several prominent universities end legacy admissions in light of affirmative action ending

University Business

Three prominent schools have updated their admissions policy to no longer consider a student’s legacy status after considering the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action. Opponents of legacy admissions have become more vocal—and active—since the Supreme Court decision.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

To refer to only the humanities “in free fall” since 2013 misreads longer-term trends and makes understanding impossible. It is imperative to take changing admissions into account. They began in the 1970s and 1980s, and accelerated during the 1990s and 2000s.