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Class of 2022 Employment Rates Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Employment rates for Class of 2022 graduates returned to pre-pandemic levels after two relatively down years, according to results of a new survey. The survey found Class of 2022 employment rates nearly match those for the pre-pandemic Class of 2019, at 64.6% with a full-time employment rate of 59.1%. overall and 59.7% overall and 53.6%

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Report: Class of 2022 Average Starting Salaries Higher than Those of Previous Class

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The report, NACE’s Summer 2023 Salary Survey, found that the overall average salary for graduates increased from $55,911 for the Class of 2021 to $60,028 for the Class of 2022. This notable increase for the Class of 2022 comes on the heels of the overall average salary for Class of 2021 graduates inching up just 1.2%

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UNCF's Desireé C. Boykin Awarded 2022 Vanguard Award from Higher Ed Leadership Foundation

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Boykin has recently been awarded the Higher Education Leadership Foundation’s (HELF) 2022 Vanguard Award and inducted into its Sankofa Hall of Leadership. Boykin “We believe it is important to honor those who are strengthening the bridge to sustainability and thriving that our ancestors so carefully built and curated,” the foundation said.

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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the Council for Economic Education’s latest biennial Survey of the States , more than two-thirds of all states are now requiring personal finance classes for high school graduation – up dramatically from 2022 when fewer than half the states had such mandates.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

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This is three straight years of transfer growth for both Black and Hispanic students and transfer enrollment for both groups have been above 2020 levels since 2022. The fall 2022 transfer cohort had an 83.6% Black students saw an even higher transfer rate at 8.3% overall and 8.9% fall-to-fall retention rate.

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UNCF Study Reveals Strong Mental Health Outcomes Among HBCU Students Despite Financial Challenges

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The comprehensive report, titled Flourishing: Bolstering the Mental Health of Students at HBCUs and PBIs," examined mental health indicators among 2,504 students across 16 HBCUs and two predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years.

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NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport, First Tournament Set for 2026

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The sport achieved the required minimum of 40 varsity-level programs during the 2022-23 academic year, leading to a recommendation from the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics in February to advance to championship status. The path to championship status began in 2020 when women's wrestling joined the NCAA's Emerging Sports program.

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