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State Restrictions Impede Developmental Education While Minority-Serving Institutions Find Success

A staggering amount of first year college students enter into institutions of higher education underprepared – research suggests 40 percent annually, and this figure is disproportionately comprised of racial minorities and low-income students. To prepare students for the academic demands of college, institutions endeavor to bridge the “knowledge” gap with developmental or remedial coursework. Recent decades have brought increased restrictions on remediation at public institutions.

March Madness? It’s Not Just Basketball

March Madness — higher ed’s Springtime PR-fest known as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — usually refers to when the spotlight catches underdogs like the University of California Irvine (UCI) Anteaters.

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Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez : Shaped by the Power of Education

Whether it is cheering on the Wolverines at sporting events, engaging with faculty during “Talk with Tuminez” broadcasts or recently updating a maternal leave policy to make Utah Valley University (UVU) more inclusive for women employees, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez is redefining what it means to include, engage and achieve as the university’s seventh – and first woman – president.

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Education Leaders Laud Some White House HEA Principles

Education leaders reacted positively to some of the principles outlined by the White House as Congress works toward reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, but questioned the possible direction of other aspects based on details yet to emerge.

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Academic Success Continues to Rise for NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Teams

Graduation rates for African-American Division I men’s basketball student-athletes are rising, but gaps with their White teammates persists.

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University of Tennessee System Establishes New UT Promise Program for Low-Income Students

Randy Boyd, interim president of the University of Tennessee System, has announced the creation of the UT Promise Program, a new initiative modeled after the state’s popular Promise and Reconnect programs, which will cover tuition and fees for students with an incomes of less than $50,000 a year. The program is set to begin in […]

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Rutgers-Newark Honors Program Takes New Approach to Developing Citizen Leaders

Christopher Latonnel is among 220 students ages 17 to 50 in Rutgers-Newark Honors Living-Learning Community, which began as a pilot cohort of 30 scholars in 2015. The access-and-success initiative seeks to recruit future leaders, especially those in Newark, and bring them to live and learn together within a network of academic, financial and emotional support so that they can thrive in college and graduate as societal change agents.

Three CSU Institutions are Ranked Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs

Intentional diversity, a culture of constant improvement and a staff committed to meeting the needs of students and helping them succeed propelled three California State University campuses into the top rankings of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs in 2019.

Federal Education Department Releases Budget Proposal

College funding, school safety and school choice are items addressed in the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget, which department officials shared with media in a conference call Monday morning.

Summit Empowers Black and Latino Men in College

Now in its 13th year, the annual Black, Brown & College Bound Summit has become one of the nation’s most recognized convenings focused on improving outcomes for young Black and Latino men in college.

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Schatz, Pocan Reintroduce Debt-Free College Act

With the support of more than 30 Congressional co-sponsors, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Mark Pocan, D-WI, have reintroduced the Debt-Free College Act which provides solutions to the issue of college affordability by establishing a path for students to graduate without any debt acquired from pursuing a college education. “Quality higher education is one […]

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Success Comes At a Price

While the number of low-socioeconomic status (SES) and first-generation students attending graduate school is increasing, many barriers still stand between these students and their climb up the social ladder: largely the disparity between networks and opportunities when compared to their more-privileged peers. During my time in graduate school, I have learned the importance of attending professional conferences and other networking events, however, I have also learned who can afford to go to these events – and who cannot.

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