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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. billion from foundations in 2019.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Confessions of a Community College Dean

million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 percent.

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2019 Festival of Creative Learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: © Mihaela Bodlovic In this extra post, Teaching Matters is proud to highlight the fantastic work undertaken during the 2019 Festival of Creative Learning. A wide selection of photos from the 2019 Festival is a lso available now to view on our gallery. May 6, 2019 the Near Future Teaching project).

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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CU Boulder to Pay $4.5 million in Back Pay to Settle Discrimination Claim from Female Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following the passage of the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act in 2019, CU Boulder conducted an equity analysis in 2021 to determine whether it complies with the new law. The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was enacted on Jan. 1, 2021, and was created to close the gender pay gap.

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Here’s the share of college students who took financial aid in 2019-20 - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Almost 72% of undergraduates received some form of financial aid in the 2019-20 academic year — essentially the same share as those who attended college four years prior, according to new federal data released Wednesday.

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Spring Break 2019 Dates in New York

Student Housing Works

Mitchell Funk/Getty Images New York Spring Break Dates 2019 For the New York colleges listed below, classes will not be in session during the dates listed, but school offices may still be open. Check the full academic calendar for each school for more information on closures and other school holidays.