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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Spanish-language presentations and family engagement help demystify the college process and foster a college-going culture. in the last two years.”

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My 2025 Higher Ed Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

The keys to endurance: An investigation of the institutional factors relating to the persistence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. link ) Ducoff, N. The Hechinger Report.

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Addressing How Student Parents Are Underserved

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The California Student Aid Commission, which administers the state’s financial aid program, has found that student parents face housing and food insecurity at a higher rate than non-parenting peers. 61% are first-generation college students. Data in “The Almanac” indicates that just 1% enrolled in 2019-20 lived on campus.

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Increased Financial Aid Can Increase Demand for Basic Needs Services

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Experts say that number likely rose when the state’s free-tuition program made college more accessible for low-income learners. A new survey from New Mexico shows that nearly 60 percent of students are food insecure.

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How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

college enrollment is a lingering concern for both educators and policy makers. College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. Like the majority of community colleges in the U.S.,

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

The keys to endurance: An investigation of the institutional factors relating to the persistence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4.

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