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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Morgan State, despite achieving record-breaking total enrollment figures and becoming the nation's third-largest HBCU, the percentage of Black male students has dropped from 43% in 2015 to 37% in fall 2024. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking higher education," Wilson said.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to 2015 it was difficult to find much formal acknowledgement of student food insecurity, let alone services to help. While that generosity of spirit is appreciated, we think it’s time to say thanks and ask how those collective energies could be harnessed to fight students’ hunger, rather than just feed them.

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New Research on Heightened Cash Monitoring

Robert Kelchen

HCM places colleges’ federal financial aid disbursements under additional scrutiny in order to protect taxpayer dollars. There are two levels of scrutiny: HCM1 requires additional oversight, while the more severe HCM2 requires colleges to pay out money to students before being reimbursed by Federal Student Aid.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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One free tuition program is shattering enrollment records

University Business

First-time undergraduate enrollment exploded across the state’s community colleges by at least 40% when the initiative was implemented in 2015. The figure may continue to rise as those impacted by Hurricane Helene are encouraged to apply past the Nov.

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UW Madison’s Nonresident Enrollment Spiked After Cap Removal

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Out-of-state enrollment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison increased by 29 percent in the three years after the state government removed a cap on nonresidents in 2015, according to a new working paper from researchers published by Brown University’s school of education. Tuition revenue also rose significantly, by 47 percent.

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Second-generation student borrowers

SRHE

This is most evident in the design of student funding policies which often integrate parental income and financial contributions. In many countries, eligibility for financial aid is means-tested and based on family income ( Williams & Usher, 2022 ).