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Universities Continue to Expand Access, Affordability Despite Federal Funding Slowdown

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Such collaboration can be crucial in navigating the regulatory and government relations challenges that arise when implementing comprehensive financial aid models, says Christine McGuire, vice president and associate provost for enrollment and student administration at Boston University (BU).

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

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“In the Academy, one consequence is a revolving door of Black faculty and staff, who have become homeless in an otherwise spacious Academy, as well as Black students whose academic careers are either undermined or cut short for lack of Black role models.

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How striving for a DEI award keeps one senior diversity officer on track

University Business

We’re now looking at greater services to help build such pipelines and serve our talented and under-resourced students so they truly thrive at college—with scholarships and fellowships, internships, and mentorship. But if tenure review fails to properly weight that service, these populations are at a disadvantage.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

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Adelphi’s female faculty members in the industry serve as inspiring role models. DECtech staff also assist in high school classrooms, STEM fairs, and other opportunities where they serve as role models for girls interested in STEM. This year, students built a tech-infused, environmentally friendly, low-impact smart building.

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SUNY Initiatives Drive Access and Affordability for Underserved Students

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The collection of 64 campuses, including 30 community col leges, is breaking down barriers to ensure that economically disadvantaged and historically marginalized students in New York have opportunities to attain social mobility through education.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Black males are further disadvantaged and marginalized due to being labeled and stereotyped as intellectually inferior to their racial and gender counterparts.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.