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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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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 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.

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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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Is Your Private College Financially Healthy? (Gary Stocker*)

Higher Education Inquirer

You have talked with college admissions counselors, developed a list of preferred colleges, visited the schools in-person or virtually, written the application essays, and filled out the common app. There is consensus of college researchers and experts that college closing will continue to happen in 2022 and beyond. Known as 'yield'.)

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

This has dramatically changed the landscape of higher ed funding —federal funds are typically granted to individual students and research projects, while states typically support the general operations of public institutions. adults, down from 70% in 2013, consider a college education to be very important.

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Graphic Design in a Box

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Keen to find out more about why this demographic had seemingly narrowed I began a secondment in January 2016 with the Institute of Academic Development in order to research further. Since that time she has maintained her professional practice and developed her research in the field of education.