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$2.5 Million Grant from Yawkey Foundation to Support Student Services

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state-of-the-art building marks a new era for the college. Announced at the topping off ceremony for the college’s new Nubian Square campus building in Roxbury, the grant will support the creation of the campus’s new student center and strengthen the mission of Boston’s only technical college as it marks a new era in its history. “We

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more. Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate.

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The cost of higher education and the level of student debt has increased substantially, with tuition, room and board increasing 169 percent, in constant 2019 dollars, between 1980 and 2020, and student debt more than tripling between 2006 and 2024. That is the claim in a class action lawsuit recently filed in the U.S.

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Common App Sees More Students Applying to College This Year

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That's what happened at California public universities after race-conscious admissions were banned at public institutions in the state in 1997. Two years after the ban, the number dipped to a record-low 15% and didn't begin to recover until 2006. And first-generation, rural, and underrepresented groups contributed to the boost.

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University of Utah Engineering College Receives Historic $50 Million Gift

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She was awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts from the university in 2006. This investment in the education of engineering and computer science professionals will have an exponential impact as they contribute economic and societal value to the state and the nation." The university will use $32.5 The other $17.5

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Proposed Bill Would Allow Some Students From Mexico to Attend California Community Colleges

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While existing law allows community colleges to admit nonresident students, including students from states that border California, nonresident students have to pay a nonresident tuition fee. The bill would let some students from Mexico enroll in California Community Colleges. Mexican students would have to live within 45 miles of the border.

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Unequal Distribution

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Most states have need-based grant programs to help fund college costs, but these vary widely in their requirements and size of the grants – many are a combination of both need- and merit-based. A college degree is the pathway to social mobility for families trapped in the cycle of poverty.