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Tag: College Access: Page 3
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Rural Regional College Approved for Northwest Pennsylvania
WARREN, Pa. — State education officials have given the green light for an educational institution to provide low-cost instruction for nine northwestern Pennsylvania counties lacking a community college. The Pennsylvania Department of Education last week approved plans by the Rural Regional College of Northern Pennsylvania to enroll students in the fall in a partnership with […]
May 29, 2017
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Bloomsburg University to Guide Foster Care Youth Toward College
This summer, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will roll out a program designed to encourage more students from the foster care system to attend college.
May 24, 2017
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Diverse Conversations: How Can We Increase Minority Graduation Rates?
Neglecting retention strategies means that fewer students ultimately graduate from college and that shortcoming disproportionately affects minority students.
May 7, 2017
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Illinois State University Pursues College for Foster Youths
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University is creating a program to help high schoolers in foster care prepare for college. The university’s First Star Academy, the second one in Illinois, will be funded by $250,000 in grants from the Department of Children and Family Services and a private donor, the Pantagraph reported. The program will […]
May 7, 2017
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Top Colleges Urged to Boost Percentage of Pell Grant Students
A new report says that the most selective colleges should make sure at least 20 percent of their students are Pell Grant recipients in order to give low-income students a better shot at graduation and boost campus socioeconomic diversity.
May 2, 2017
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FosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success Path
FosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.
April 20, 2017
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Higher Ed Leaders Lambaste Federal Budget Proposal
Higher education leaders blasted federal budget proposal released Thursday as one that will make college less accessible, less affordable and set back the nation’s workforce and research interests.
March 16, 2017
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College Board to Boost SAT Security Globally
PITTSBURGH — The firm that oversees registrations for the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security around the world following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board tells The Associated Press it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. […]
February 22, 2017
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Diverse Conversations: Affordability Biggest Key to College Access
What does it actually take to make higher education accessible to a larger portion of the population? Affordability.
February 21, 2017
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University of Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students
MADISON, Wis. — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for Black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high […]
February 16, 2017
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Report Underscores Racial, Class Disparities in College Degree Attainment
The figures the clearinghouse released Thursday reveal a stark reality that frustrates efforts to contravene the notion that “demography is destiny” when it comes to college degree attainment.
October 27, 2016
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College Board: Reform Institutions to Curb ‘Undermatching’
The College Board’s new book emphasizes widespread institutional improvement so that students have a much broader selection of colleges that are considered good.
September 20, 2016
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