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Change From Within

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What’s at stake is starkly pinpointed in Penn Nursing’s 2018 diversity action plan: “The importance of diversity to nursing science is incalculable. The School’s definition of diversity is broad and is reflected in the efforts of other academic organizations, too. Pressed, she relents. “If

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AP English Language and Composition Exam 2026: Study + Test Tips

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In fact, </span><a href="[link] style="font-weight: 400;">only 9.8%</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of test-takers scored a 5 in 2024. While most students landed in the 2 or 3 range, 54.6% managed to earn a passing score of 3 or higher.

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. When this funding ended, only a handful of secondary education programs in federal and state prisons remained.

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Maryland HBCU Offers Incarcerated Students College Degrees

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People incarcerated at Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland now have the opportunity to gain a fully accredited bachelor's degree in sociology from Bowie State University. The goal of the program is to help prevent incarcerated people from reoffending once they get out of prison. According to the U.S.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

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Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Formerly Incarcerated Man Earns Degree After Decades-Long Fight for Education Behind Bars

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You can get out after any amount of time behind bars and pursue an education and a prosperous life. The idea that kind of prevailed in the Florida system at that time was, Why should we spend money educating these guys that are never going to get out? Fordham, though, wasn't a prisoner any longer. Fordham said.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Alternate learning pathways: Almost half (47%) of 18-30-year-olds who have never attended college, or who have stopped out, say they have taken or are currently taking classes via YouTube, and approximately one-quarter have taken or are currently enrolled in courses to receive a license (25%) or to receive a verified certificate (22%).