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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A. Financial aid packages for first-year students average $47,930, and Holley said there are a large number of Pell Grant recipients in attendance.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

GCU, located in New Jersey, also has women in other school leadership positions as well, such as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; director of career services, the director of financial aid, and the director of global education. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

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More Pell Grant Recipients Enrolling at Top-Tier Universities

Higher Education Today

Title: Achieving Greater Socioeconomic Diversity at Highly Endowed Colleges and Universities Author: Phillip Levine Source: Brookings Institution Since the 2014-15 academic year, the share of students receiving a Pell Grant at institutions with large endowments (over $250,000 and $500,000 per full-time equivalent student, respectively) has increased. (..)

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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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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. Often times for first-gen students, there are challenges or barriers to persistence that often have to do with academic issues; financial aid; socio-emotional, personal concerns; familial obligations,” Palacios says. The program offers a B.A. within six years.

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Small College America – Profile Wabash College

Edu Alliance Journal

Financial Aid and Scholarships Approximately 99% of Wabash students receive some form of financial assistance, making the college accessible to a diverse student body. As of December 31, 2023, the endowment was valued at approximately $379 million , compared to $371 million in 2014.

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Private nonprofit college tuition discounts soar, but at what cost?

University Business

uptick between 2014-15 and 2022-23 for first-year students. Private nonprofits also showered their students with institutional grant aid in 2023-24, covering an estimated 62.2% An average of 378 have done so since NACUBO began collecting data for the Tuition Discounting Study in fall 2014. Institutions on average offered a 54.8%