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Enhancing College Websites to Support Adult Learners

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:27:05 +0000

Title: Beyond the Basics: How Institution Websites Can Encourage Enrollment for Adult Learners Source: American Institutes for Research Authors: Jasmine Howard, Abril Dominguez, and Sachiko Oates American Institutes for Research, in partnership with Lumina Foundation, is researching how colleges and universities can better design programs and messaging to meet the needs of Black, Hispanic, and Native American adult learners. A 2024 ...

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Do Legacy Admissions Policies Impact Enrollment Equity?

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:40:18 +0000

Title: Legacy Looms Large in College Admissions, Perpetuating Inequities in College Access Authors: Marián Vargas and Sean Tierney Source: Institute for Higher Education Policy In 2023, the Supreme Court ruling on the consideration of race in admissions illuminated a similar conversation about admissions equity: legacy status. The newest release of data on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System included, for the ...

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College Application Trends Following the Supreme Court’s Race-Conscious Admissions Ban

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:31:33 +0000

Title: Application Trends Following the End of Race-Conscious Admissions Authors: Brian Heseung Kim, Elyse Armstrong, Mark Freeman, Rodney Hughes, Sarah Nolan, Tara Nicola, and Trent Kajikawa Source: Common App On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that race and ethnicity could not be used as a factor in the college admissions process. A year later, policymakers, ...

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Beyond Crisis Management: How Presidents Can Create a Campus Where Everyone Belongs

ACE — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:31:47 +0000

At the start of 2024, the media narrative picked up where it left off before the holidays—painting a picture of U.S. college campuses immersed in division and unrest over a number of issues, particularly the response to the war between Israel and Hamas and the heated debate over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). But at thousands of colleges and universities around ...

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Report Finds Most Colleges Did Not Consider Race Before 2023 Supreme Court Decision

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:02:48 +0000

Title: Admissions at most colleges will be unaffected by Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action Authors: Sarah Reber, Gabriela Goodman, Rina Nagashima Source: Brookings Institute One of the primary concerns after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision on the consideration of race in higher education is that the number of students from historically excluded backgrounds will decline. However, a recent report from ...

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Presidential Reactions to the Supreme Court Decision on Admissions Vary by Region and Institution Type

Rebecca Morris — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:02:00 +0000

Title: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: A Survey of College Presidents Source: Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research After the Supreme Court’s ruling on the consideration of race in postsecondary admissions, Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research partnered to survey presidents and understand their opinions on the ruling and its implications on admissions. Survey results revealed that presidents are against ...

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Education Department Outlines Strategies for Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education

ACE — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:16:07 +0000

Title: Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary The U.S. Department of Education las month released a report that spotlights promising, evidence-based approaches that institutions can adopt to achieve the objective of increasing socioeconomic and racial diversity in colleges and universities while staying true to their missions. Key findings ...

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A Deeper Dive into Black Student Access at Selective Private Colleges

ACE — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:45:26 +0000

Title: ‘Segregation Forever’?: The Continued Underrepresentation of Black Undergraduates at the Nation’s 122 Most Selective Private Colleges and Universities Author: Gabriel Montague Source: The Education Trust As a follow-up to a 2020 report from The Education Trust that brought to light the persistent underrepresentation of Black and Latino students at public universities nationwide, a new study extends their commitment to unraveling ...

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Rectifying Funding Disparities for Black Land-Grant Institutions

ACE — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:10:46 +0000

Title: Nourishing the Nation While Starving: The Underfunding of Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Author: Denise A. Smith Source: The Century Foundation A new report from the Century Foundation highlights the underfunding of the nation’s Black land-grant colleges and universities, as Congress has the opportunity to increase funding and improve equity for these institutions through renewal of the federal Farm Bill ...

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What Happens Next? Pursuing Racial and Ethnic Diversity with Race-Neutral Admissions

ACE — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:32:14 +0000

Title: Race, Elite College Admissions, and the Courts: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in Education Retreats to K-12 Schools Authors: Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, and Jeff Strohl Source: Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center on Education and the Workforce The implications of disallowing the consideration of race in college admissions are significant. In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ...

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Unleashing the Power of Financial Aid to Equalize Postsecondary Education

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:27:02 +0000

Title: Rising Above the Threshold: How Expansions in Financial Aid Can Increase the Equitable Delivery of Postsecondary Value for Education Authors: Kim Dancy, Genevieve Garcia-Kendrick, and Diane Cheng The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has released a new report based on data from over 2,400 institutions examining how changes in funding affect institutions where students receive a minimum economic return. ...

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Renaissance: The Role of Succession Planning in Diversifying the American College Presidency

ACE — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:52:34 +0000

This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. The 2022 release of Renaissance, Beyoncé’s seventh solo album, took the world by storm. In “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé’s lyrics, accompanied by Big Freedia’s call for us to “release,” express the need for releasing the way things have been done in ...

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