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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, several states continue to use funding formulas that shortchange historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), denying them resources necessary to provide a quality education to students who have historically faced discrimination and continue to face systemic barriers to success.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Part of the CPE’s role is to bring about a positive return on the investment of public funds in higher education. Thompson also helped create policies that allowed the development of wrap-around services, which propelled the success rate upwards. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher Ed Challenge 2: Rising Costs and Student Debt Challenge: The rising cost of higher education has left graduates with an average student loan debt of over $40,000, raising concerns about affordability and the return on investment. Tuition costs have risen dramatically over the past few decades, outpacing inflation and wage growth.

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Legal Expert Art Coleman Examines the Affirmative Action Ruling

EAB

Art previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, where, in the 1990s, he led the department's development of its Title VI policy on race-conscious financial aid. The Court didn't address financial aid and scholarships. Art, thanks for joining us today.

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

These mini grants funded a reading group that explored the relationship between culture and the environment, a Linguistic Justice faculty workshop, and a “Gopher Trailblazers in STEMM Alumni Speaker Series.” This year, a record number of entering first year students received this Guaranteed Access Grant.