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How Will the Harvard Lawsuit Affect Affirmative Action in College Admissions?

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Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. Indeed, in its origins, it was most closely linked to employment, rather than education. What Is Affirmative Action?

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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

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The culture of higher education is steeped in knowing. In 2014, our enrollment had been flat—if slightly dropping—for four years when our new president decided we should turn it around with either a tuition reset or a revised financial aid strategy. Another gift was the determined motivation to dig our way out of the hole.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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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. Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights by Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), alleges the practice violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Harvard is being sued … again. The complaint, filed with the U.S.

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College Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Grow With Little Oversight

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Kellyn Donahoe enrolled in career and community studies at Kent State University in fall 2022. 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.

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California Community Colleges Adds 6 New Bachelor’s Degrees

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Through the Baccalaureate Degree Program, we are broadening the reach of higher education and skill development to a greater number of students by offering affordable and quality opportunities close to home. The CCC introduced the pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program at 15 community colleges in 2014.

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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

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International students, especially from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and India are increasingly enrolling at community colleges before finishing their bachelor’s degrees in the United States. Anything you see publicly on Reddit or College Confidential is nothing but best educated guesses. Many transfer students are nontraditional.