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AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

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Data Summary Check Roughly 54% of Asians and Asian Americans ages 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2019, however, this figure varies widely by origin group. [1] had a high school level of education or less. had a bachelor's degree or higher. [2] had a bachelor's degree or higher. [2]

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ED Urges Schools Not to Ask About Criminal History in College Applications

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The Department of Education recently endorsed this movement. The Department of Education (ED) updated its "Beyond the Box" guidance to mark the end of Second Chance Month in April. A 2015 Center for Community Alternative study found that 62.5% That's much higher than the average attrition rate of 21%.

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. The History of Higher Ed for Incarcerated Students. Few opportunities benefit incarcerated people as much as postsecondary education.

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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. Another gift was the determined motivation to dig our way out of the hole. Preparing for the ascent We engaged RNL’s Strategic Enrollment Planning process in 2015 with what we called “Shark Tank” (like the TV venture funding show). I was horrified.

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Maryland HBCU Offers Incarcerated Students College Degrees

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People incarcerated at Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland now have the opportunity to gain a fully accredited bachelor's degree in sociology from Bowie State University. The goal of the program is to help prevent incarcerated people from reoffending once they get out of prison. According to the U.S.

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Wake Forest Announces Early Action for First-Generation Admissions

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First-generation students face barriers to applying for college and sometimes miss out on early action deadlines. First-generation students face unique barriers to applying for college and often miss out on early decision deadlines for admission. That option will let students know of their admission decision by Jan.

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Employment After Prison: Career Advice From a Formerly Incarcerated Person

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From an early age, he was in and out of juvenile detention centers and prisons. A 2021 report from the United States Department of Justice shows that 33% of formerly incarcerated individuals still haven't found jobs four years after being released from prison. His mother abandoned him, and he became a ward of the state of Virginia.