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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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Provide clear and transparent financial aid guidance Comprehensive information about financial aid options, scholarships, and grants is essential to alleviate the financial concerns that often deter Hispanic students from pursuing higher education. Family Relations , 68(5), 540-554. Suárez-Orozco, C., Gaytán, F.

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

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Data for Progress and Fossil Free Research combed through IRS 990 forms, foundation reports, school databases, school reports, and news sources to quantify how much funding was flowing from the fossil fuel industry to higher education between 2010 and 2020.

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College Financing: Meeting Family Needs While Meeting Your Enrollment Goals

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median wage growth for 16-24 year-olds hovered around 13 percent for most of 2022, much higher than the 4 percent growth seen between 2010-14. Even terms as simple as “grants” or “loans” are often misunderstood by families. According to the U.S. The historically low jobless rate 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 Reparations must directly benefit Black students and HBCUs that suffered from decades of neglect by federal and state governments. 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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It's why the Think College National Coordinating Center has been working to create accreditation standards since 2010, Think College's co-director, Meg Grigal, told BestColleges. When he got the grant, he said the state university system first encouraged him to take the funding to a local community college instead.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. Between 2010 and 2021, the number of degrees awarded in computer science increased by 144%. The number of majors in the liberal arts has declined over the past half-century. and 9.2%, respectively.

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Cost of College Over Time: Rising Tuition Statistics

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In just the 10 years between 2010 and 2020, tuition and fees rose by 20%, from $11,397 to $13,677. From 2010-2020, the average total cost of college rose by 18%, from $21,990 to $25,910. By the 1981-1982 academic year, tuition costs rose again and have continued to rise every year since. Behind the Numbers. Note Reference [1].

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