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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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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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Report: Undergraduate Enrollment Finally Rising

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Among the years captured in the report, 2019 to 2022 all faced varying rates of decline, with Fall 2021 being the worst (-3.4%). "We However, numbers are still below what they used to be in 2019, 14.2% under amounts for Fall 2019. lower than in Fall 2019. higher than they were in 2019." and 2%, respectively.

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Single Parents Breaking Barriers Through Higher Education

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In 2019, we proudly launched the Single Parent Scholarship initiative, which provides financial assistance and support services to single parents who aspire to earn a college degree.

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For Hispanic-Serving Institutions, the Designation is Not the Destination

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In 2019, however, the system was awarded the National Seal of Excelencia by the nonprofit Excelencia in Education. For ACC, those strategies include its Ascendor program, which provides mentorship, community events, and other culturally relevant support services to first-year students hoping to earn a bachelor’s degree.

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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. Currently, 60.1% of the Fresno State student population is Latinx.

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Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities

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Blogs Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities In our new survey , 100% of university presidents and provosts identified graduate and adult learner enrollment as a priority. This blog will outline steps your university can take to best support this population.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

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A 2019 survey of almost 40,000 California community college students found that 60% of respondents indicated they were housing insecure in 2018, according to The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, an action research center working to make higher education more equitable. Out of the system’s 1.8