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Higher Ed Stakeholders Look to Socioeconomic Status as Alternative to Race in Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions in June has left universities, nonprofit organizations, Richard Kahlenberg and other higher education stakeholders with a single question: What are the best paths forward? to help identify the economic factors for which Kahlenberg has advocated.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the UT practices. Orrick, Jr. Gavin Newsom.

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

Families and students often ask us, “does volunteer work matter for college admissions?” Does volunteer work matter for college admissions? College admissions officers like both of these things. Get to know an organization you like or one that you’re already a part of.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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Benefits of an AmeriCorps service gap year

College Forward

What is an AmeriCorps service year at College Possible Each year, more than 200,000 AmeriCorps service members pledge a year of service at nonprofit organizations across the country. Time with students is spent helping them navigate key college admissions milestones: college selection, test prep, applications, and financial aid.

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Higher Education Inquirer - Untitled Article

Higher Education Inquirer

Use it to look up information about an institutions admission rate, tuition, undergraduate enrollment, academic programs, athletic programs and other characteristics. It also provides information on topics such as research lab productivity and medical students experiences with sexual harassment. colleges and universities.

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Amid pushback, U.S. delays guidance on outsourcing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” They marveled at just how many companies, nonprofit organizations and even state government entities could be caught up in the much wider net. Some described them as “collateral damage” in the administration’s pursuit of OPMs. “Innovation will be stifled.”