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Today’s College Students Aren’t Who You Think They Are. Institutions Must Rethink How They Serve Them.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. Julie Peller Aracely is hardly alone.

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Wealth-Based Pell Grant Could Reduce Student Debt and Racial Wealth Inequality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That's the findings from a new report , released by researchers at the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, in cooperation with The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). Michele Shepard Zampini, senior director of college affordability at TICAS.

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Aim for 70% tertiary education takeup by 2040, say UK university chiefs

The Guardian - Higher Education

The “blueprint for change” published by Universities UK (UUK), which represents vice-chancellors, wants the 70% target to be supported by grants paid to disadvantaged students and a new “tertiary education opportunity fund” for areas with low rates of university and college enrolments. Continue reading.

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Report: Legacy Admissions Lead to Disparities

Insight Into Diversity

Despite this shift, many colleges and universities still favor applicants with familial ties to alumni. A recent report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) highlights the significant impact of these policies on furthering disparities in college access, particularly for Black, Hispanic, and low-income students.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Black kids are underrepresented in gifted services and overrepresented in special education services,” said report co-author Dr. Cassandra Hart, an associate professor of education policy at UC Davis. percentage points with they have Black teachers instead, an 18% reduction in likelihood. percentage point reduction. “We

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Why higher education should care about child poverty, and how to address it

HEPI

Regardless of the taskforce’s recommendations, higher education policymakers and institutions should consider the effects of child poverty on our sector and to explore potential actions we can take to address it. There are three ways that child poverty matters for universities and colleges. percentage points.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also makes clear that banning race-conscious admissions will make it nearly impossible for colleges to match their current levels of diversity, let alone the diversity of graduating high school classes. In order to compensate for an adverse ruling, colleges will need to make drastic reforms of admissions policies, the report notes.

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