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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. Morales, president of CSUSB. This is about institutional transformation,” says Santiago. Currently, 60.1%

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On top of that, undocumented students are ineligible for any federal financial aid. In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. No Pell Grants. No student loans.

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As Decision Day Looms, Colleges Try to Boost Minority Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds. Institutions are also improving their financial aid offerings. This year, Queens revamped its scholarship levels and allocation of aid to meet a higher percentage of students’ financial need.

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Morehouse Joins Initiative to Bring College Courses to Disadvantaged High Schoolers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initiative has grown rapidly since it started in 2019, offering a single Harvard course, Poetry in America: The City from Whitman to Hip-Hop, at 25 high schools in 11 cities. Students have risen to the challenge, with 83% having passed their courses as of spring 2021, and many reporting a broadened sense of their college possibilities.

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Do My Test Scores Matter?

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These tests loom large in the college admissions process. Based on an annual survey by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), only 45.7% Figures are from the State of College Admissions 2019 – which came out before the pandemic). Do my test scores matter?

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall. The other side involves dramatically increasing financial aid to lower the barrier to college entry and help prospective teachers graduate with less or no debt.

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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. Hawkins Jr.