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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

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This research is particularly timely given the expected expansion of school choice programs and the ongoing push to recruit more Black teachers. Henry is completing a Spencer Foundation-funded project examining Black educators experiences in charter schools.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

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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.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

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Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. The needs start with physiological essentials such as food, water, shelter, clothing, and sleep. However, there is an oversight that continues to happen.

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

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One innovation, he says, is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a programmatic recruitment tool. Quash has also ensured that BMI programming addresses a students overall wellness, which includes food insecurity or economic challenges. It even assesses their sense of belonging on campus and in higher education.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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We are very intentional in how we recruit, retai Dr. Jose Fierro n and support completion to our diverse student body,” says Dr. Jose Fierro, president. “We From recruitment and access to graduation and beyond, our campus has been able to provide the data and the outcomes for how we ensure that our Latinx students thrive.”

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Finding a Place at an HBCU

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It’s where predominantly white institutions (PWIs) – due to their negligence, conscious or otherwise – center “whiteness” in the campus activities they offer, the music they play, the food they serve, and the artists they hire, Hollingsworth says. Hollingsworth’s career in higher ed has already been extensive.