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Tag: DACA: Page 2
Students
California Higher Ed Leaders Call for Emergency Aid for DACA Students
Higher education advocates in California wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday calling for the utilization of state and federal relief funds to provide emergency financial aid during the COVID-19 pandemic for more than 82,000 low-income California college students, including nearly 12,000 undocumented students supported by the California Dream Act. They also called for a […]
May 7, 2020
COVID-19
Democratic Senators Criticize DeVos For Excluding DACA Students From COVID-19 Aid
More than two dozen Democratic Senators on Monday criticized Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ decision to exclude undocumented college students from the coronavirus aid provided under the CARES Act. “This decision unnecessarily harms students in need, and contradicts clear Congressional intent and the plain language of the CARES Act,” said the 28 Democratic Senators in a […]
April 28, 2020
COVID-19
State Colleges Association Disappointed DACA Students Are Excluded From Coronavirus Aid
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) President Dr. Mildred GarcĂa on Friday expressed deep disappointment that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) college students are excluded from the coronavirus emergency student financial aid grants. “DACA students, as well as Dreamers, enrolled in our colleges and universities are vital members of the academic community […]
April 24, 2020
COVID-19
DACA College Students Not Eligible For Coronavirus Aid Funds
U.S. Education Department guidelines released Tuesday disallow undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) college students from receiving emergency coronavirus federal aid, reported Newsweek. The federal coronavirus stimulus package under the CARES Act allocates some $6 billion in cash grants for college and university students whose educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
April 22, 2020
African-American
Diversity in the DACA Numbers—Undocumented Whites
For the first time, someone thought it would be a good idea to do an official count of undocumented students in higher ed. And yes, it confirms what we know more or less, there’s a lot of them, about 450,000, two percent of all students in post-secondary education, according to the The New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which collaborated on the survey using Census data.
April 19, 2020
COVID-19
Coronavirus Brings Extra Uncertainty For DACA Students Awaiting a Supreme Court Decision
DACA students have been in limbo for months, as the U.S. Supreme Court continues to deliberate on whether to uphold the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program. Now, amidst the coronavirus crisis, both DACA and undocumented students face even more questions about their future.
April 8, 2020
Community Colleges
Community College Leaders Prepare to Lobby on Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, day three of the Community College National Legislative Summit, Diane Auer Jones, the U.S. Department of Education’s principal deputy under secretary, highlighted the government’s upcoming priorities for community colleges.
February 11, 2020
Students
Marymount University Unveils New Scholarship for DREAMers
Marymount University (MU) recently announced its creation of a new scholarship available to DREAMers, or recipients of the federal DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. Earlier this year, MU began a partnership with TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college access program from DREAMers, which enabled incoming MU DREAMers to apply for the organization’s national scholarship. […]
December 8, 2019
Recruitment & Retention
Scholars, Students Share Best Practices at HACU Annual Conference
College administrators, faculty and students convened at the 33rd annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) conference to share best practices and strategize on how best to serve Hispanic students.
October 6, 2019
Students
Undocumented Students Struggle to Afford College
Undocumented students — including those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status — can’t receive federal financial aid because they are not U.S. citizens. So, they have to scrape together the funds for college themselves. This puts them at a distinct disadvantage. Over half of all undergraduates — 55 percent — receive some form of federal financial aid to pay for college, according to the latest National Postsecondary Aid study.
September 25, 2019
News Roundup
UC System President Plans to Step Down Next Year
After seven years leading the University of California system, President Janet Napolitano announced that she plans to step down in August 2020. Napolitano was the system’s first female president. “My time at UC has been deeply gratifying and rewarding,” Napolitano said. “I have been honored and inspired every day to serve this institution alongside incredibly […]
September 19, 2019
Latest News
UC Merced’s Leland Built a Higher Ed Legacy
Dr. Dorothy Leland describes her eight years at the University of California Merced as the most extraordinary of her career. She worked with faculty, staff and students to craft the institutional identity and announced the appointment of the school’s first chief diversity officer.
September 3, 2019
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