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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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AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

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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. population older than 25 had a bachelor's degree or higher. million out of 3.2

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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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Language barriers and a lack of culturally sensitive curricula can further impede academic success, leading to lower graduation rates and reduced opportunities for higher education (Suárez-Orozco et al., Hispanic families experience higher levels of economic inequality compared to other ethnic groups. Suárez-Orozco, C.,

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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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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. Even terms as simple as “grants” or “loans” are often misunderstood by families. That is a problem! The historically low jobless rate in the U.S.,

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When the Math Isn’t Mathing: How College Affordability Impacts Student Choices and Your Enrollment

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It’s no secret … you know better than anyone that the past few years for higher ed enrollment have been rough as institutions continue searching for ways to improve affordability and boost student enrollment. But the truth is, college enrollment has been declining since 2010 and has continued to fall since the start of the pandemic.

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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. Except that it's not entirely shocking given what's happening across higher education. Between 2010 and 2021, the number of degrees awarded in computer science increased by 144%.