AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In her July 2009 Ted Talk, The Danger of a Single Story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned viewers against assigning people a single story through assumptions about their nationality, appearance, or background. The story of Mariam and Laila was deeply moving, and it made me realize how much Id taken my own freedoms for granted.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

DSU has more than 280 scholarships on its website, providing students with financial aid opportunities in addition to the Federal Pell Grant. A little more than half (55%) of students receive the Pell Grant, making DSU an economically diverse school. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands between 2006 and 2009.

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MAY 13, 2024

Marginal' Diversity Gains Among Selective Colleges The Georgetown study evaluated college enrollments among selective, moderately selective, and open-access institutions between 2009 and 2019, the decade before the pandemic hit and turned higher education sideways. And it grew among moderately selective colleges from 18% to 23%.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Much like minority-serving institutions , HSIs aim to make higher education more equitable for Hispanic and Latino/a students. Students at this public university pay an average annual net price of $11,043. HSIs first received federal funding in 1995. Today, roughly 2.094 million Hispanic students attend HSIs across the country.

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JULY 11, 2024

Nine states have scholarship or grant options to help lessen the need for student loans. The Student Success Completion Grant awards up to $5,250 per semester to SEFC attending any of the state's community colleges. The actual size of each grant, however, varies.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Senate's first draft includes substantial funding to improve infrastructure at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. It also includes an increase to the maximum Pell Grant well below what President Joe Biden proposed in March. Maximum Pell Grant Increase. The race is on to get a budget passed soon.

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DC College Counseling

APRIL 2, 2024

PRINCETON SETS NEW ENROLLMENT GOALS FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY Princeton’s Board of Trustees announced a new enrollment goal: The university will aim for an undergraduate student body that is at least 70% eligible for need-based financial aid and at least 22% Pell Grant eligible. About 10% of undergrads are legacies.

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