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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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Florida Dreamer Tuition Policy Reversal Threatens $25 Million Economic Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education advocates and immigration policy experts are warning of significant economic, and workforce impacts following Florida's decision to rescind in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students who graduated from Florida high schools.

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Your 2025 higher education policy almanac

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Michael Salmon leafs through all the policy developments the higher education sector is looking forward to, dreading, or otherwise expecting for the year ahead

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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Understanding the identities of students left behind is crucial to mitigating the unintended consequences of any policy. The legacy of racial inequities in education is not an abstraction; it is a lived reality that resonates both with the students we serve and within the leadership spaces we occupy.

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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students are paying twice for their education: once in tuition and again with their privacy. The report uncovers “troubling gaps in data privacy for students using digital learning tools in higher education.” That’s the findings from a new Privacy Rights Clearinghouse report, funded by a Michelson 20MM grant.

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UK private schools take next step in VAT policy legal row

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It’s the latest step in its furious battle to overturn a policy key to the Labour party’s election manifesto before it regained power in July 2024 to start levying VAT on private school fees. In the case, the ISC is supporting six families impacted by the policy, and the defendent in UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

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Harvard University Expands Free Tuition Policy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students covered by Harvards expanded free tuition policy will have expenses such as tuition, food, housing, health insurance, and travel costs covered. By bringing people of outstanding promise together to learn withand from one another, we truly realize the tremendous potential of the University.

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