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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. The CEW report finds that Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American, and American Indian/Alaska Native students collectively composed 37% of the college-age population but just 21% of selective college enrollments in 2019. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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UCLA Achieves AANAPISI Status

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The additional funding can be used to support research, program development, and student services focused on improving the college experience for this historically underrepresented group—Many AANHPI students hail from low-income families and are the first in their families to attend college. Approximately 35.1%

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

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The instrument comprises 41 items about six scales: institutional environment, faculty and staff hiring, faculty and staff retention, student admissions, student retention and completion, and curriculum. The items of the inventory sometimes provided inspiration to schools looking to broaden their DEI efforts. “A

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Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

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He served as a pre-admission counselor and tour guide and was a founding peer mentor for the Making Our Space an Inclusive Community, a living-learning residential community that helps low-income and historically underrepresented students transition from high school to college. You’re never going to do it alone,” says Rodriguez.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

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Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) These student-athletes were also interviewed about the support services that they needed. Community College.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

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Nationally, repealing DACA would take away over 600,000 members of the country’s workforce, including an estimated 181,000 DACA-eligible college students. Seek out information and updates to better advise and support students. Add inclusive language to admission materials and other student-facing resources where applicable.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

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“As of now, we have over 300 applications for next fall from students that have applied for housing,” says Nicholas Hamel, vice president and dean of student services at Central Maine Community College (CMCC). Another 100 more have indicated on their admissions application that they may have interest.