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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. The findings are consistent with research showing that continuous enrollment improves persistence and completion.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research brief, "Black Student Parents' Access to Affordable Child Care Support at Community Colleges," examines the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program, a federal initiative designed to help student parents with childcare expenses.

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was fascinating to see undergrads working hard on ideas normally reserved for more advanced researchers, and Jim was always encouraging in the best way possible, by actually believing that they had something to contribute, Iga says. But his effect was also in modeling what it was to be a successful researcher.

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College Completion Rates Trending Up

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Prior dual-enrollment experience made students more likely to finish their credential within six years of starting college, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. percentage-point increase over those who started in 2017. percentage-point increase over those who started in 2017.

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Southern States See Mixed Progress in College Affordability, SREB Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. MJ Kim, a researcher with SREB, pointed to increased state appropriations for two-year institutions as an encouraging trend, given the large number of students these colleges serve. The profiles, which analyze data from the 2021-22 academic year, reveal that the SREB region provided approximately 25.8%

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Dr. Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Montclair State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017. Vega earned her Ed.D.

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Dr. Tania D. Mitchell, University of Maryland

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Her research focuses on community engagement as a critical practice to explore civic identity, social justice, student learning and development. Her primary work is to build, strengthen, and advance the community-facing efforts of the university. Evans and Andrea D.