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Tag: Students of color
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HBCU CDAC Launches $5.6 Million Financial Wellness Initiative for Students of Color
The Historically Black Colleges & Universities Community Development Action Coalition (HBCU CDAC) is launching a $5.6 million financial wellness initiative, Our Money Matters (OMM) for students of color. The initiative is funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and plans to take a holistic approach to supporting students facing financial difficulties such as food and housing insecurity and college […]
June 7, 2021
Students
Forum Outlines Support for Students of Color Impacted by COVID-19
A Harvard University panel, titled “Innovating on Campus: Supporting Mental Health of Students of Color During COVID-19 and Beyond,” recommended ways to promote mental health and the emotional well-being of young people of color — 45% of whom make up the undergraduate population.
October 27, 2020
Community Colleges
CCRC Playbook Provides Recommendations to Address Equity Gaps in Dual Enrollment Programs
In partnership with the Aspen Institute, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) highlighted equity gaps within dual enrollment programs and suggested ways postsecondary and K-12 leaders can address those barriers. According to the playbook, dual enrollment refers to college classes taken by high school students through a partnership with an institution.
October 7, 2020
Community Colleges
As Higher Education Faces a “Corona Swirl” of Transfer Students, Higher Education Must Create Clear Pathways to Degrees
Recent surveys show that a growing number of high school graduates and college students are opting to attend community colleges this fall because they are affordable and closer to home. Those who lost jobs in the post-COVID economy are also turning to community colleges to gain and sharpen skills that lead back to jobs. The combination is creating an unprecedented level of student movement between two- and four-year colleges. There’s even a name for it in higher education circles – the “corona swirl.”
July 24, 2020
African-American
Survey: Students of Color Report Greater Academic, Emotional Toll From Pandemic
In an online survey from the Global Strategy Group and The Education Trust, students of color and low income students reported greater academic, financial and emotional tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic than did the general student population. The survey, conducted online from May 14-19, collected feedback from a pool of 1,010 two-year, four-year and undergraduate […]
June 1, 2020
Students
Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit schools to get their student loans erased.
May 31, 2020
HBCUs
Inclusive Excellence, Now and Forever: How Predominately White Institutions of Higher Education Can Keep Their Promise to Students of Color
The impact of COVID-19 and the ensuing health, societal, and financial fallout have been disastrous and life-altering for most people and institutions, including a collapsed state of normalcy within the higher education landscape.
May 24, 2020
Opinion
You Can’t Compromise With Racism: College Leaders Must Address Our Ugly Racial Past
Institutional leaders must move beyond rehearsed rhetoric and seek to forcefully tackle their institutions’ problematic racial histories of exclusion and exploitation of people of color. This process requires identifying and addressing current policies, practices, and symbols that make campus environments openly hostile, unwelcoming, and disempowering for students of color. Such action is necessary to create equitable environments that affirm, welcome, and support all students.
March 10, 2020
African-American
Social-Emotional Learning for Black Students is Ineffective When it is Culture-Blind
Educational professionals ill-prepared to work in culturally relevant ways with students of color in their capacity as mental health professionals (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists), and teachers, administrators, and policy makers can contribute to and even exacerbate SEL issues for students of color.
February 6, 2020
Opinion
Thankful to the Brotherhood
As a Ph.D. candidate expecting to graduate this semester, I have found myself constantly reflecting on the impact joining Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. had on me. My entry point to higher education is tied to my experiences as an undergraduate student leader. My involvement on campus began after I joined my fraternity.
January 31, 2020
Students
New Report: Student Loan Debt Widens Racial Wealth Gap
Student loan debt is swelling for graduates across the country. But according to a new report, the crisis is hitting students of color the hardest – and widening the racial wealth gap in the process. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Center for Responsible Lending released a report on the issue during the NAACP national convention in Detroit this week.
July 23, 2019
Opinion
Delivering the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education Demands That We Become Active Change Agents
I was born five years after Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court landmark case that made education a civil right in America. The Court argued that “separate, but equal,” was a constitutional violation, thus, outlawing segregation in classrooms across public schools and postsecondary institutions across the country.
May 16, 2019
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