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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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These challenges, including education, employment, healthcare, and overall well-being, can significantly impact their lives and intrinsically affect their ability to help their children with college planning. Hispanic students often face disparities in educational attainment. The need for information equalized families!

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How 6 Students Uncovered Over $500M in Higher Education Fossil Fuel Funding

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As her internship at Data for Progress (DFP), a progressive research firm, was coming to an end, Bella Kumar, a student climate activist at The George Washington University (GW), decided to pitch an idea — a data investigation into higher education's funding from fossil fuels. higher education system.

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Report: 27 Universities Received Over a Half-Billion Dollars From Fossil Fuel Industry

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The fossil fuel industry has leveraged corporate windfalls to gain influence across higher education by providing more than $675 million in funding to 27 top research universities, according to a new report by environmental activist groups.

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College Financing: Meeting Family Needs While Meeting Your Enrollment Goals

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If you have college-aged students, you know that communication around financing your child’s education is often confusing, even for those of us who work in the industry. For students and families who are not accustomed to higher education’s rules and processes, this could be the moment that they decide higher education isn’t worth it.

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AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

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had a high school level of education or less. As a single demographic, Asian Americans appear to be doing well — high educational attainment, high household incomes — but a closer look by origin group paints a more complicated picture of how some Asian Americans are really doing. Note Reference [1] Check 3 in 4 Indians in the U.S.

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Should the U.S. Provide Reparations? Start With HBCUs

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Earlier this year, the Department of Education reported that land grant, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in 16 states have been underfunded by $12.6 A joint letter from the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Board of Education. billion over the last 30 years.

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College Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Grow With Little Oversight

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Her mother said the experience has allowed her to live independently, engage in university clubs and activities, learn self-advocacy skills, and begin to pursue her passion for working with children and athletes in education. It's not just important for her to know she can go to college and continue her education," Sandy Donahoe said.

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