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MDC Awarded $10 Million to Grow its American Dream Scholarship

Miami Dade College (MDC) received an anonymous donation of $10 million that will be used to magnify its American Dream Scholarship that benefits Miami Dade high school graduates with a free college education. The American Dream Scholarship was established in 2011 and more than 17,000 students qualified for the scholarship, awarding more than $4 million […]

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López Cultivates Community in the Heart of Chicago

Dr. Ignacio López, an up-and-coming Hispanic leader in education, knows what it means to be community-minded.

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Study: Elementary School Student Support Reduces High School Dropout

Elementary school students who participated in a comprehensive support intervention in the Boston public school district had about half the odds of dropping out of high school as students not in the intervention, according to a new study in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Educational Research Association. The 894 students who […]

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Emory University Announces Increased Stipends for Ph.D. Students

Emory University’s Laney Graduate School has announced it will increase the base stipend for Ph.D. students to $31,000 for the 2019-20 academic year, in efforts of attracting top graduate students and improving its doctoral programs. “Emory’s investment in graduate education is a tangible sign of our dedication to enhancing faculty excellence and graduate program distinction,” […]

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Study Reveals Notable Graduate School Enrollment Trends

The number of ethnic minority, first-time graduate students inched up from 2016 to 2017 while women earned the majority of graduate degrees for the eighth year in a row, according to the latest annual study by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Board.

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Mexican-American Professor Aims to Be ‘Agent of Ethnic Mobility’

She was born to a mother who left school after the third grade to work. Her late father attended school in a one-room adobe house in the mountains of Mexico, but never finished.

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WVU President Bans Five Fraternities After Trying to Form Independent Council

West Virginia University (WVU) president Dr. E. Gordon Gee decided to ban five fraternities after they announced the formation of an independent group after seeing new Greek life rules and regulations, such as a delayed freshmen rush. In a letter issued to WVU students and faculty, Gee said the five fraternities: Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa […]

First-Generation University Adult Learners and the Choice of an Online Learning Model

Access, success and affordability of higher education are main topics of discussion among policy makers. The question remains whether or not online education can play a significant role in leveling the playing field and eventually reducing income inequality.

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‘Degrees When Due’ Initiative Supports Equitable Degree Attainment

With this week’s launch of Degrees When Due, a new three-year initiative by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), nearly 30,000 adult learners and college “stop-outs” are expected to complete their degrees within a year.

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Gene Haas Foundation Awards Metropolitan Community College $10,000 for Manufacturing Scholarships

The Gene Haas Foundation, a private nonprofit organization, has awarded the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) Foundation with a $10,000 donation to fund scholarships for the MCC Precision Machine Technology program. The MCC Precision Machine Technology program is an increasingly popular initiative among students at the South Omaha campus as a result of the new Center […]

Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering

Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly disparities and inequities affecting Black and lower-income students who seek to enter college, graduate and pay back significant loan debt, according to policy experts at a gathering Wednesday convened by The Century Foundation.

A Passionate Advocate for Gifted and Special Education Equity

Dr. Donna Y. Ford did it for her son. She was single and 18 when she gave birth to Khyle, and he motivated her to aim higher.

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