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Rethinking the Idea of Legacy in Higher Education: How Colleges Can Raise Up Student-Parents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy college admissions — the practice of selective institutions giving preference to children and relatives of alumni — is under intense scrutiny today. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education.

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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Scholarship recipient families also, typically receive Opportunity Vanderbilt awards greater than full tuition to support housing, food, travel, and other college expenses, according to Douglas L. Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Graduate and undergraduate degrees are expensive,” Crawford says. “For

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Upon admission, someone from the office oversees the transition process—orientation, advisement, financial clearance and registration prior to the student’s first term and support through the first year. “To The Center plans programs for Hispanic Heritage Month, All Heritage Month and an international food festival.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ASU has added several Spanish language marketing materials, including an En Espanol section on the university’s website, a comprehensive admissions piece, Spanish campus tours, and multiple recruitment pieces for academic programs. These include a food pantry and the basic needs food services and meal programs. Hawkins Jr.

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Here are 3 ways AI can improve student engagement and retention

University Business

Consider an individual inquiring about financial aid qualification or food security programs on campus. By identifying how, where and what to communicate with students as well as alumni groups, families and prospects, AI can aid schools in bolstering engagement and delivering on brand promises from admissions to post-graduation.