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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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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. As college presidents we hold a dual responsibility: advancing institutional change while contending with the systemic inequities that impact students. Policy alone is not enough.

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Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a vital role in advancing educational opportunities for Latine students across the United States. As their numbers have surged to over 600 institutions, representing 20% of all colleges and universities nationwide, HSIs now enroll and advise two-thirds of all Latino undergraduates.

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Legislation Would Introduce Grant Program for California Black-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gipson introduced The Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program ( AB 335), a bill that builds on the California Assemblymember Mike Gipson foundation of the states new recognition of Black-Serving institutions. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts.

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Regulator to write to universities in England over transgender equality policies

The Guardian - Higher Education

The Office for Students (OfS) said it would not yet name the vice-chancellors being contacted, but we will be writing to a handful of providers where we have identified that they have on the face of it similar policies in this area to Sussex. Continue reading.

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National Science Foundation caps indirect research costs at 15% for new grants to colleges

Higher Ed Dive

The move comes after federal judges blocked similar policies at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Energy.

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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

Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. While researchers have proposed consistent recommendations to help address these challenges, few, if any, of these recommendations have been translated into policy. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6