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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Spanish-language presentations and family engagement help demystify the college process and foster a college-going culture. in the last two years.”

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Forgotten Learners: Not All Transfer Students Are the Same

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million undergraduate students enrolled in college last fall, 1.2 The findings were rightfully celebrated for showing a rise in learners — including those from middle- and low-income backgrounds — moving from community colleges to four-year institutions. The transfer process is fraught with financial and bureaucratic hurdles.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. Each scholar receives financial support for study abroad and specialized advisors through the Macaulay Advising Program. “I

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Voices of Student Success: Expanding Access to Study Abroad

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Study abroad is tied to personal and professional growth for college students, but crossing the border can be an enormous hurdle or feel unattainable for some learners.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight. citizen or lawful resident.

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Should I Take a Gap Year?

Great College Advice

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.