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California Bill Proposes Free Tuition for Low-Income Students Pursuing Bachelor’s Degrees at Community Colleges

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The bill would allow low-income students to pursue bachelor's degrees at community colleges tuition-free. A proposed bill would provide free tuition to low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees at California Community Colleges (CCC). million students enrolled in CCC.

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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

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This is a guest blog by Stuart Jones, vice president for advancement and enrollment management at Southern Utah University. Stuart oversees the fundraising, marketing, and enrollment efforts at the university, and we have invited him to share his insights about the strategic enrollment planning process in this this post.

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California Community College Offering Free Courses to Incarcerated Juveniles

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The College of the Desert is launching a new program that will provide tuition-free college courses to incarcerated students. Students must be at least 18 years old and either have a high school diploma or equivalent or be in high school but qualified for dual enrollment to take classes through the new program.

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Dartmouth Announces Families Making Under $125K Pay Nothing, Thanks to Historic Gift

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Dartmouth alum and former Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt, who died in 2014, and his wife, Barbara Britt, who died in August, made a bequest to the college and its Tuck School of Business of over $150 million, which will help erase expenses for students from middle-income families.

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This is what Affirmative Action and Test-Optional looks like at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Affordability and Financial Aid Competitive tuition rates for in-state students, along with robust financial aid programs, make UW-Madison an attractive option for many families. The Badger sports teams also contribute to a sense of pride and community.

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UC President Michael Drake Plans to Step Down

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During his tenure, UC faced a weekslong strike by academic workers, boosted in-state enrollment to historic heights, and created several programs for underrepresented students. Right before his UC presidency, he served as the 15th president at The Ohio State University from June 2014 to June 2020.

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The Future of Legacy Admissions

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We know that from the period of 2014-2019, legacy applicants to Harvard enjoyed an admit rate of over 33 percent – a whopping five times greater than non-legacy applicants. ENROLL NOW WHY LEGACY PREFERENCES REMAIN IN PLACE Two reasons: admissions yield and fundraising.