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These Colleges Were Just Awarded Grants to Boost Student Success Rates

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The Department of Education (ED) revealed a list of 38 colleges and universities set to receive funds from grant programs to improve outcomes for underrepresented students. Approximately $30 million in grants will be distributed to public state schools, private institutions, and community colleges. ED made 15 awards worth over $8.5

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Nearly $19M in Grants Awarded to 12 Colleges to Address Teacher Shortage

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The federal government awarded a dozen minority-serving institutions (MSIs) $18.8 Additionally, the current makeup of teachers does not reflect the diversity of students. The Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program aims to bridge that divide. million to both diversify the teaching pool and address the teaching shortage.

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Affirmative Action Preserved at Military Academies – For Now

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What's more, ROTC has been the primary source of minority officers, the brief details, with 29% of Black and 32% of Hispanic officers earning commissions through ROTC in 2019. advanced a similar measure to prevent the Pentagon from "granting preferential treatment to any person or group based in whole or in part on race."

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Liberal Arts College Acceptance Rates: Increase Your Odds

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Classics — and, more broadly, liberal arts — Tatum argues, grants people the “power to see what is going on in their world and […] the potential of having an educated imagination to respond to it.” Pandemic-era test-optional policies largely account for the more competitive recent admissions cycles.

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Legacy Admissions

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Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. And many minorities have passed through the halls of these schools over the past 40-50 years, such that their children now have that legacy preference.

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How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity

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Through completion grants and hold reform, they removed the obstacles that hindered students' progress and enabled them to succeed. Generate Quick Wins By piloting completion grants and initiating hold reform, UWM achieved quick wins that demonstrated the effectiveness of their approach. The results were nothing short of remarkable.

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California Bill Would Ban Withholding Diplomas Over Institutional Debts

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Advocates for these laws have called these practices unfair to students looking to transfer schools, re-enroll in college, or receive their degrees due to minor debts. The bill aims to prevent public colleges and universities from using specific debt collection methods against students with institutional debt.