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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. In contrast, only 33% of the total U.S.

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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. From 2012-2018, the number of bachelor's degrees earned in the humanities fell by 27%.

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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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Ripon College Offers Free Tuition to Wisconsin Residents

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"The Ripon Commitment opens doors for students in Wisconsin who may have thought higher education at a private school was out of reach," Ripon President Victoria N. The grant covers up to four years of tuition but excludes housing and food costs. Folse said in a press release. Current students aren't eligible.

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California’s Revised Budget Plan Slashes Financial Aid Funding

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The state budget, finalized in June, includes $510 million in cuts to the Middle Class Scholarship and excludes funding for changes to Cal Grant, California's financial aid program. Since the program was fully implemented in the 2018-2019 academic year, both allocated funding and participation have surged.

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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? For one, it considers "counterfactual" earnings, or "what each student would have earned in a parallel universe where she did not pursue higher education," and does so for the "typical student in each program."

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HBCU Faculty Members Earn Less Than Their Peers From Other Institutions

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The pay gap between HBCU and non-HBCU faculty is widest at doctoral-granting institutions. Faculty in higher education earn the most when belonging to a union — $17,000 more, on average. But pay disparities are often greater at land-grant institutions.

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