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A Seat at the Table for KIPP Alumni

WASHINGTON – The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) centered students who are alumni of the charter school network at the forefront of a conversation this week about what it takes to get to and through college during a panel on Capitol Hill.

New Platform Makes It Easier to Donate to Colleges

GiveCampus, a website that allows academic institutions to raise funds digitally, has announced that donations can now be made through Apple Pay, allowing the platform to become more accessible to potential school donors.

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Report: Multilingual Students Made ‘Remarkable’ Progress

A new report based on data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress challenges a widespread perception that multilingual students in the United States consistently perform poorly, muster only marginal academic progress and are being failed by school systems.

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Community College Research Center Gets New Director

Dr. Thomas Brock, a leader in research for the U.S. Department of Education, will be in a position to continue to grow his experience as a higher education influencer as the next director of the Community College Research Center (CCRC).

AAUP Removes Sanctions from Two Schools

Following the 104th annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) this week, delegates voted to remove the University of Iowa and Stillman College from its list of sanctioned institutions.

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Report: Morgan State Gives Maryland’s Economy a Major Boost

Morgan State University contributes $990 million annually to Maryland’s economy and $574 million within the city of Baltimore. according to a new study. Additionally, the university supports more than 6,500 jobs across the state and almost 4,000 of those jobs are located within Baltimore.

Study: Wide Racial Gaps Persist in College Degree Attainment

Compared to White adults in the United States, Black adults are two-thirds as likely to hold a college degree and Latino adults are only half as likely – with both groups attaining degrees at a lower rate in 2016 than White adults did back in 1990, according to a new report by The Education Trust.

NADOHE Institute Addresses Professional Diversity Officer Standards

ATLANTA — Those attending the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education 2018 Standards of Professional Practice Institute described the second annual event as affirming their experience as diversity officers.

Bi-Partisan Congressional Internship Program Offers HBCU Students Experience on the Hill

The third class of HBCU Bi-Partisan Congressional Internship program interns traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to begin a summer internship aimed at increasing diversity and engagement on Capitol Hill vis-à-vis HBCUs.

Napolitano Discusses First-Gen Students and College Affordability at Convening

DENVER – Colleges and universities across the nation should implement a wide range of wrap-around services for first-generation students, said Janet Napolitano, who leads the University of California, one of the largest public university systems in the country.

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Expert Helps Educators Adjust Implicit Biases

Bentley Gibson had magical powers as a princess from another planet. At least, that’s how the 5-year-old Black girl presented herself to a sea of White classmates in White Plains, N.Y. on the first day of school. She sensed that they regarded her as different, and make-believe was her mechanism for coping with the racial tension and subtle prejudice she would encounter in life.

Convening Puts Focus on First-Generation Students

Providing access and opportunities to first-generation college students is the focus of a three-day gathering that has brought academicians, business leaders, nonprofit and civic organizations here from across the globe to strategize solutions.

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