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New Agreement to Offer Higher Education Access in All Maryland Prisons

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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the University System of Maryland (USM) signed an agreement in April that will allow incarcerated individuals at all state correctional institutions to have access to a college education. Tuition costs will be covered in full by Pell Grants.

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Short-Term Pell Grants Gain Momentum In Congress

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Expanding the use of Pell Grants to short-term work credential programs has seen bipartisan support in the past. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have made quick work to seemingly rally around the same issue: extending Pell Grants to cover short-term credential programs. But Pell Grant expansion failed to survive the U.S.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. Except that it's not entirely shocking given what's happening across higher education. By 2014, those figures had dropped to 2.6% West Virginia's situation is hardly unique.

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College Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Grow With Little Oversight

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Rewind to 2008, when Congress last reauthorized the Higher Education Act. When he got the grant, he said the state university system first encouraged him to take the funding to a local community college instead. The study found 149 higher education programs supporting students with intellectual disabilities in 39 states.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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The need for data-informed decision making in higher education continues to increase. Higher education leaders often overestimate the analytics, data, and information capabilities of the institution (2). In reality, education lags behind all other sectors in adoption of analytics solutions (3). Krawitz, M.,

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Foundation Commits $20 Million to Increasing Degrees for Men of Color

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To address disparities in educational attainment for minority men, the Men of Color Initiative will create programs and partnerships. Its first grant will support 12 community colleges that are increasing efforts to retain men of color. million grant to the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.

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California Community College Offering Free Courses to Incarcerated Juveniles

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The program is funded by a grant from the California Community Colleges' Rising Scholars Network. million grant from the California Community Colleges' Rising Scholars Network, will offer on-site general education classes for incarcerated students at Indio Juvenile Hall. The program, funded by a $1.5