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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College-in-prison programs flourished in the 1970’s and 1980’s after the 1965 Higher Education Act made people who were incarcerated eligible for Pell Grants. Living the Dream Award for his devotion to social justice and community service. You’ll accomplish more than you imagined.” The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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How the Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

King’s work was about diversity: Dr. Marcus Bright King’s actions reflected an understanding that embracing diversity was essential to advancing his civil rights and social justice mission. Other jobs were opened through contracts for black products and black service providers.”

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

Dear Goucher community, With our fall semester now well underway, I thought I’d provide everyone with a brief update on the progress we’ve made this past year on the diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice goals we spelled out for ourselves in our strategic plan , Cultivating Global Changemakers.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. In addition, students who come from low-income families, which allowed them to qualify to receive a Pell Grant, will have debt reduced $20,000,” Biden said in August. million contract.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Per the one-time federal student loan debt relief effort, Pell Grant recipients who earned within a certain amount of income during the pandemic — less than $125,000 for individuals and under $250,000 for married couples or heads of households — would have had up to $20,000 in debt forgiven. Approximately 2.9 1, 2023, to Sept.

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DEI remains a big target as Trump makes more cuts

University Business

19) Over $1 billion worth of contracts with education nonprofits have gone up in flames over the past 10 days, and public institutions may soon need to close DEI-related programming, according to another wave of executive orders from President Donald Trump. The university was one of 20 recipients to receive the grant.

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