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A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in

University Business

Those are the most recent available admission figures reported to the federal government, and do not include institutions with open admission, which take 100 percent of applicants. The median acceptance rate at bachelor’s degree-granting universities and colleges was 7.6

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Communicate What You Activate: Now Is the Time

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government and national, regional, and local organizations have weighed in, too. People are already declaring a “post-affirmative action era” while still weighing the scales of benefit from new approaches to equity, justice… and admissions. There are many responses to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to ED, the overhauled FAFSA form will result in 610,000 more students from low-income backgrounds getting federal Pell Grants and almost 1.5 million more students getting the maximum amount.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In June, as the nation’s highest court handed down a predictable and yet devastating ruling striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, the Center for Journalism & Democracy announced its inaugural Visiting Professorship for Investigative or Data Journalism at Howard University. Here is why this matters.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But there’s more the federal government can do. The university’s Men of Color in Education Program offers dual-enrollment courses that award college credit, college admissions counseling and mentoring to male high school students of color interested in teaching.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). “It Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Good news! Current students believe their degree is worth the cost

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Although colleges and even the federal government are employing more robust efforts to address the issue, students are still most likely to seek belonging and help from their peers more than official resources.