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Vanderbilt Announces Free Tuition for Students Whose Families Make $150K or Less

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billion in scholarship aid to over 15,400 students since 2009. "And we want to help make sure you can be here." Vanderbilt created Opportunity Vanderbilt during the financial crisis of 2008 and has provided over $2.6 The median annual award for families making between $125,000 and $150,000 is about $70,000 annually.

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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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Families, Immigration, and the Pathways of School Success among Mexican Americans. In The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development (pp. Oxford University Press. Derose, K. Bahney, B. Escarce, J. J., & Wang, M. Review: Immigrants and Health Care Access, Quality, and Cost. Medical Care Research and Review , 66(4), 355-408.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4% Between 2009 and 2020 one-year retention rates fluctuated between a low of 49.3% Though completion rates have climbed, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3% rate in 2020. for the 2011 cohort, and high of 53.8%

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New York Expands Direct Admissions Program

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In 2009, Texas amended the policy, raising the threshold to 6-7% for the University of Texas at Austin. Texas that the state's affirmative action system was unconstitutional. The plan guaranteed students in the top 10% of their high school class automatic admission to any public university in the state.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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Indeed, during the 2008-2009 recession, giving fell along with the economy, and it took three years for philanthropy to start growing again. Understandably, fundraisers don’t want to seem tone-deaf to the possible financial hardships or fears of their constituents. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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Degree Attainment Among Working-Age Adults Rose in 2021

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The educational attainment rate rose the most in Utah between 2009 and 2021, increasing 22 percentage points. Since 2009, when the foundation first began tracking attainment gains among Americans ages 25-64, educational attainment has increased by 16 percentage points. But some states have already begun to surpass it.

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Diversity Gains at Selective Colleges Modest, Study Finds

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Marginal' Diversity Gains Among Selective Colleges The Georgetown study evaluated college enrollments among selective, moderately selective, and open-access institutions between 2009 and 2019, the decade before the pandemic hit and turned higher education sideways. And it grew among moderately selective colleges from 18% to 23%.