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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course. But he raised some concerns.

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Institutions are blending K12 and higher ed to improve student equity. Here’s how

University Business

Additionally, the University of Puget Sound has committed to grant 30 Tacoma district students with a financial aid package that meets their full demonstrated financial need. It also intends to raise state funding for education by $3.8 billion annually over 10 years.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At stake is local control of an institution in a state that has admitted to years of inequitable funding for its only public historically Black college. A previous legislative report found between $150 and $544 million in unpaid land-grant funds should have gone to the university from fiscal years 1957 through 2007.

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

According to the 2018 IIE Open Doors report , more than 332,000 US students studied abroad during the 2016–2017 academic year, an increase of 2.3% Organize a Faculty Development Workshop. Faculty development workshops are for professors who are interested in learning more about organizing and leading their own study abroad programs.