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Today’s College Students Aren’t Who You Think They Are. Institutions Must Rethink How They Serve Them.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. Julie Peller Aracely is hardly alone.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Black kids are underrepresented in gifted services and overrepresented in special education services,” said report co-author Dr. Cassandra Hart, an associate professor of education policy at UC Davis. percentage points with they have Black teachers instead, an 18% reduction in likelihood. percentage point reduction. “We

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More colleges are doing away with test requirements for good

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During the pandemic, many colleges set aside their test requirements for admissions as students had nowhere to take their exams due to school closures. Like many education policies enacted over the last two years, it seems the practice is here to stay. Among these colleges, nearly 1,500 have adopted the policy permanently.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

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The report also makes clear that banning race-conscious admissions will make it nearly impossible for colleges to match their current levels of diversity, let alone the diversity of graduating high school classes. In order to compensate for an adverse ruling, colleges will need to make drastic reforms of admissions policies, the report notes.

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Direct Admissions Helps Raise Applications, But Not Enrollments

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. If their GPA or standardized test scores are high enough, colleges with direct admissions programs will send them acceptance letters without their even having to apply. points likelier.

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Flexing the future of higher ed: Embracing flexible learning pathways for access, quality and equity

University Business

Yet, this developing flexibility is underdeveloped in many community colleges where technical and in-person training is staunchly preserved. Smaller universities and community colleges are tapping into this power by ensuring that credible and high-performing instructors are teaching the best courses that are tightly aligned to industry.

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Deprivation data: Introducing a new UK-wide area-based measure

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In this first piece we begin with a focus on our work relating to socioeconomic disadvantage. The uses of data on deprivation in higher education One of the ways in which providers seek to improve equality of opportunity in education is through outreach activity.