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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. In 2015-2016, Asian students made up 6% of first-generation college students. [8]

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California Program Makes Master’s Degrees More Attainable for Incarcerated Students

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"CDCR is proud to partner with CSUDH to further the Department's commitment in expanding 'grade school to grad school' opportunities and also strengthen collaborative efforts with California's public higher education system," CDCR Secretary Jeff Macomber said in a press release. CSUDH President Thomas A. Inciting an Impact About 13.5%

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Students in Women’s Prisons Face More Challenges Completing College Than Men

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Since the Second Chance Pell Experiment program began in 2016 over 45,000 incarcerated people enrolled in CIP programs, over 18,000 earned credentials, and over 1,000 earned bachelor's degrees. government created the Pell Grant in 1972 to help students afford a college education. Only six provided master's degrees.

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Maryland HBCU Offers Incarcerated Students College Degrees

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Tuition for students is free, courtesy of the Second Chance Pell Grant program. The link between education and recidivism is clear: the higher the education, the less likely the chance of recidivism, Dr. Charles Adams, Criminal Justice Department chair at Bowie State and co-director of the prison education initiative, told BestColleges.

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Black Gen Z Students Less Likely to Believe They’ll Be Able to Afford College

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Black students are, historically, less likely to be able to afford college and account for a disproportionate number of Pell Grant recipients and student loan borrowers. Young Black students are still most likely to see the value in higher education despite significant hurdles.

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First-Generation College Students: Facts and Statistics

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Data Summary Check Over one-third of undergraduates in a bachelor's degree program (about 37%) were first-generation college students in 2016. [1] 2] Check 82% of students with two parents who earned bachelor's degrees or higher also graduated with their bachelor's. Sources Parents' Highest Education Level by Race/Ethnicity and Gender.

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Study: For Nearly One-Third of Students, Higher Ed Doesn’t Pay Off

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Calculating the ROI of Higher Education The study, " Does College Pay Off? Department of Education's College Scorecard , among other sources, the report estimates the ROI for 53,000 degree and certificate programs based on student cohorts from 2015-16 and 2016-17. That's certainly a broad set of assumptions.