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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013. Under his leadership, the school made impressive gains in student body strength and diversity, financial aid resources, faculty breadth and distinction, and campus enhancements. “It Dr. Sean M.

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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

Adjusting for inflation, students today have paid less and borrowed less money to cover the price of net tuition than their peers throughout the last 20 years thanks to increasing avenues of financial aid, according to a comprehensive report from the College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024.”

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

How is it going to impact financial aid, endowed scholarships that have been based on race and ethnicity? It’s a good thing that many institutions have been tackling those systemic barriers, said Southern Illinois University’s Vargas-Muñiz, who, in 2013 and 2014, was a student member of SACNAS’ board of directors.

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Tuition guarantees, other financial aid on potential chopping block as UArizona grapples with financial future

University Business

The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) says the University of Arizona is currently ‘hemorrhaging’ money, now with the least amount of cash on hand since 2013. The post Tuition guarantees, other financial aid on potential chopping block as UArizona grapples with financial future appeared first on University Business.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services. CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges.

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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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Should accreditors help higher ed identify what’s good enough for them?: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 143 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

This is especially true given that accreditation is the gatekeeper for over $150 billion in federal financial aid. Previously, Wolff served as president of the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) from 1996-2013.