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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. “One Dr. Gresham D.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even today, we see state governments enacting policies that disproportionately harm socially, culturally, and economically diverse (SCED) students. Shift in Curriculum: The document’s emphasis on free markets and its criticism of certain "area studies" programs raise concerns about academic freedom and the narrowing of intellectual inquiry.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. According to the Government Accountability Office, “The median endowment for HBCUs is half that of other colleges and universities of the same size.”

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million students of color, these institutions can be instrumental in attracting, developing and inspiring the diverse educator corps our nation needs. Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. With a combined enrollment of 1.9

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Among the issues addressed are reading academic text and managing assignments, which can be especially challenging when the students are still developing their command of English. There is a designated recruiter. This recognition] means a lot.”

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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession. This is also the time of year during which many colleges start to develop their proposed rates for tuition, fees, and room and board for the next (2022-23) academic year.

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The Admissions Game

Higher Education Inquirer

Diploma mills again sprang up, in response to this large influx of government funds. The private school pipeline, legacy admissions, active recruiting, and the financial motivations of these institutions continue to perpetuate inequalities. And the first tribal college, Diné College, was established in 1968 by the Navajo Nation.