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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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There are many ways for colleges and universities to connect with correctional facilities and offer credential-bearing programming, thanks to the Second Chance Pell and other funding strategies. The program serves 5,000 incarcerated students through 11 degree programs in more than 120 facilities. Here’s our step-by-step guide.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Hartmann said he worried that the college was “gutting” its academic core to pay for new programs and facilities “that cost a lot of money to create, and that they see as the future.” While enrollments did fall during the pandemic, they said, they increased again this academic year.

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

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While many business schools became test-optional when COVID-19 lockdowns limited access to testing facilities, test-optional is likely here to stay. To many students, testing now feels like an unnecessary hurdle on the path to graduate school. 2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them.

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J.D. Vance’s Offensive Comments Should Be a Catalyst for Transformative Policy Change

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vance’s background includes significant government subsidies that enabled his own education at Yale Law School. Solutions such as tax breaks for families, expanded parental leave, and subsidized childcare facilities would empower young adults to pursue their dreams without sacrificing their personal lives.

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Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Insight Into Diversity

They celebrated some success in higher education, particularly in challenges to admissions at several medical and law schools. However, it became clear that K-12 public schools were going to be the more difficult fight, and the most crucial, so they shifted course. The goal was to request equal facilities for the Black students.

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In Equity Efforts, Where Does Title IX Truly Stand?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Whether it’s facilities, the uniforms, the scheduling and game times, the coaching, all of that goes into a sport experience and the way student-athletes are treated. During law school, a summer internship with a firm that had an extensive Title IX practice inspired her to focus on that area of the law.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Katherine Conway-Turner, president of SUNY Buffalo State, retired at the end of the 2022-23 school year, capping off nine years of leading Buffalo State and 43 years in higher ed leadership. During her tenure, she led the school in efforts to upgrade facilities and bolster civic engagement. Dr. Kent J.