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College Students Are Hungry to Learn Everywhere

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you read the national news about higher education, you might think everyone is angling for admission to the Ivy League or trying to pay off debt for degrees earned. But finally, in spring 2020, the federal government asked undergraduates if they had enough to eat or a safe place to sleep.

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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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FAFSA fail creates “state of emergency” in West Virginia

University Business

The ongoing FAFSA fiasco that has left many students and admissions officers pulling their hair out drove West Virginia Gov. I encourage students to continue working to complete the FAFSA so that they can get as much money from other sources, including the federal government, as possible.”