underserved students Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/underserved-students/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:28:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png underserved students Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/underserved-students/ 32 32 Case Study: Florida Policy Opening Enrollment for At-Risk Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2025/02/10/fl-policy-opening-enrollment-for-at-risk-students/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:28:54 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28988 Title: The Role of State Policy in Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness and Former Foster Youth in Higher Education Authors: Carrie E. Henderson and Katie Grissom Source: The Urban Institute Paying for a college degree is already a difficult, complex process for many students involving a variety of sources of financial aid and payment. For students with a history of foster care ...

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]]> Supporting Students Formerly in Foster Care https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/11/22/supporting-students-formerly-in-foster-care/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:41:23 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28930 Title: Addressing Challenges and Support for Youth Formerly in Foster Care Author: Ellie Taylor Source: Trellis Strategies Youth formerly in foster care (YFFC) face complex and heightened demands with regard to postsecondary education. In a new brief from Trellis Strategies, the author discusses the distinct needs of YFFC who pursue higher education. Trellis Strategies’ 2023 Student Financial Wellness Survey found that ...

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]]> Targeted Scholarship Programs Open Pathways for Disadvantaged Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/10/07/scholarship-programs-open-pathways/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:15:46 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28879 Title: Paying for College as a Student with Foster Care History: Findings and Recommendations from Discussions with Students in California Authors: Laura Packard Tucker, Devlin Hanson, and Annabel Stattelman-Scanlan Source: The Urban Institute Paying for a college degree is already a difficult process for many students, involving payment plans and a variety of sources of financial aid. For students with foster ...

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]]> Disability and Higher Education: Insights for Campus Administrators https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/08/12/disability-insights-for-campus-administrators/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:08:50 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28798 Colleges and universities are at the forefront of a cultural shift, as the experiences of COVID-19 and the perspectives of Gen Z students catalyze a more open dialogue about the social and contextual implications of disability. However, disability encompasses a wide range of conditions and manifests differently in each individual. Students with disabilities face extra steps in higher education, carrying the ...

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]]> Older and Parenting Students’ Access to Financial Aid and Benefit Programs: A Case Study of Four States https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/11/20/older-and-parenting-students-access-to-financial-aid-and-benefit-programs-a-case-study-of-four-states-2/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:48:44 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=18041 Title: “We Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Maintaining and Bettering Our Lives”: An Analysis of Older and Parenting College Students Authors: Ivy Love, Edward Conroy, Iris Palmer, and Sarah Sattelmeyer Source: New America Older students (i.e., students 24 or older), who are also referred to in the literature as adult learners, nontraditional students, or independent students, face significant barriers in their ...

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]]> The Impact of Second Chance Pell on Higher Education Access in Prisons https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/07/17/the-impact-of-second-chance-pell-on-higher-education-access-in-prisons/ Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:08:59 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17984 Title: Second Chance Pell: Six Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016­2022 Authors: Niloufer Taber and Asha Muralidharan Source: Vera Institute of Justice Started by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in 2015, the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative (SCP) was designed to explore the relationship between incarcerated peoples’ access to need-based financial aid—namely Pell Grants—and their participation ...

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]]> Reimagining Higher Education: A New Campus in Colorado, Open to Everyone https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/07/06/reimagining-higher-education-a-new-campus-in-colorado-open-to-everyone/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:24:15 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17975 The fact that Colorado is among the top states in the country in the percentage of adults who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree is a great bragging point for educators and boosters of our communities. But it’s also misleading. The truth is that our state and its economy benefit from the considerable number of people who come here for ...

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]]> How Colleges and Universities Can Support Student Parents’ Mental Health https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/06/12/how-colleges-and-universities-can-support-student-parents-mental-health/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:14:33 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17961 Title: Improving Mental Health of Student Parents: A Framework for Higher Education Source: Ascend at The Aspen Institute and The Jed Foundation Student parents comprise over 20 percent of today’s college-going population; however, they face substantial barriers to their persistence and degree completion, including mental health challenges. In their new publication, Ascend at The Aspen Institute and The Jed Foundation (JED) ...

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]]> Understanding and Responding to the Financial Struggles of Student Parents https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/05/08/understanding-and-responding-to-the-financial-struggles-of-student-parents/ Mon, 08 May 2023 16:29:33 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17934 Title: Underwater: Student Mothers and Fathers Struggle to Support their Families and Pay Off College Loans Authors: Afet Dundar, Lauren A. Tighe, and Jennifer Turner Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Nearly one in five U.S. undergraduate students are either parents, guardians, or pregnant while in college. Despite their significant presence on campus, student parents are often overlooked in governmental ...

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]]> Supporting Incarcerated Students With Second Chance Pell https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/01/30/supporting-incarcerated-students-with-second-chance-pell/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:07:58 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17893 Title: Pell for Incarcerated Students Working Group Report Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) The signing of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act canceled the ban on access to Pell Grants for formerly or currently incarcerated adults. This will provide over 700,000 incarcerated adults with opportunities to pursue postsecondary education, whether on a college campus or in a prison ...

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]]> Redefining Prestige https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/21/redefining-prestige/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:39:49 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17878 Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has laid out plans to hold higher education more accountable for student success. We owe it to our students—and ourselves—to embrace his vision. Nearly six in 10 students who attend the University of La Verne identify as Hispanic, half of our undergraduates are low-income students, and more than 40 percent are the first in their families to ...

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]]> Equitable Access and Student Success for Formerly Incarcerated Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/04/equitable-access-and-student-success-for-formerly-incarcerated-students/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:52:15 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17863 Title: Beyond the Box: Promoting equal access to postsecondary education and academic success for system involved students Author: Annie Lubben and Jenny Zhou Source: The Project on Workforce at Harvard Summer Fellowship Series The criminal justice system impacts approximately 80 million people in the United States who live with criminal records and over 2 million who are currently incarcerated. Among incarcerated ...

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