Top stories in higher ed for Wednesday
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| Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
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It’s Time to GET REAL: Our Commitment to Black Learner Excellence HCM Strategists SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Decades-long data show a persistent and troubling trend in higher education: Black student enrollments in U.S. postsecondary education have been declining precipitously since 2011, particularly at community colleges. This information is not new, but the nation's response must be, says a new report. |
Connecting With College Counselors Tabitha Whissemore, Community College Daily SHARE: Facebook • Twitter College counselors can help steer high school students to community colleges, but there’s sometimes a disconnect between the counselors and the institutions. Angel B. Pérez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, offers his thoughts on the changes in college counseling and how school leaders can work with counselors to close knowledge gaps and help shift the perception of community colleges. |
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Students Urge University of Minnesota to Better Fund Scholarship, Native American Studies Feven Gerezgiher, MPR News SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Students and activists came out in the freezing cold to urge the University of Minnesota to follow through on promises to tribal communities. At the top of their list: an expansion of a tuition program that they say too few can access. A new tuition support program for the school's campuses, including Twin Cities, began last fall, but it has limits, say advocates. |
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| Photo: D.W. Johnson‘I Had to Choose Myself’: A First-Gen Story Alexander C. Kafka, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Selena Bush, 26, is a senior at Roosevelt University, in Chicago. She’s had plenty of false starts in her college education, often working as many as 60 hours a week in multiple jobs on top of her full-time studies. Despite daunting family and financial challenges, Bush is powering through to her degree. This photo essay depicts her journey as a first-generation college student—and the people and supports helping her make it to the finish line. |
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Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs? Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • Twitter As recently as 2015, the University of Phoenix enrolled more than 400,000 learners, making it not only the center of the for-profit higher education universe but the biggest university in the United States. News of interest by the University of Arkansas system to purchase Phoenix raises questions about the state of the for-profit sector and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training. Education and policy experts weigh in. |
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Despite Political Attacks, Interest in Black Studies Holds Steady Katherine Mangan, Race on Campus SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Born out of the 1960s civil-rights movement, the field of Black studies has struggled to emerge from the academic margins. Today, it finds itself fending off attacks from conservative politicians. But while other humanities disciplines are shrinking, Black-studies programs continue to grow and could benefit from a new Advanced Placement course. |
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RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
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