Jun 18, 2019
FIU has also partnered with area high schools to help accelerate time to college completion and since 2009, has helped thousands of high school students obtain college credits to reduce the amount of time and money required to obtain a…
Frederica Wilson
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Frederica Smith Wilson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 24th congressional district since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been an advocate for education, healthcare, and social justice issues throughout her tenure in Congress. Wilson is known for her distinctive style, often wearing colorful hats, and her outspoken nature on various political matters.
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Jun 18, 2019
Although African American and Hispanic students have made tremendous academic strides since the Civil Rights Era, graduation and dropout rates suggest that substantial barriers persist.
Jun 18, 2019
Another innovative program at FIU is the Golden Scholar Summer Bridge Program which provides an alternative admissions pathway for 65 to 85 minority first generation students.
Jun 18, 2019
Therefore the innovative ideas we will be discussing today such as dual enrollment in high school and additional students support services in two and four year colleges among many others have the potential to significantly decrease the…
Jun 18, 2019
Thank you, Chairman Scott, for holding this hearing on improving equity in higher education through innovation.
Jun 18, 2019
We have heard during our last hearing the different institutions have vastly different funding levels and that the institutions serving the largest share of low income students and students of color are often the same institutions that…
Jun 18, 2019
One thing that I will note is that our Nation spends $5 billion less educating students of color in the higher ed system than it does White students.
Jun 18, 2019
Every year three is 600,000 folks that should be graduating and they would have graduated but instead they are coming out of incarceration.
Jun 18, 2019
the institutions serving the largest share of low income students and students of color are often the same institutions that struggle to provide the support students need because they are chronically underfunded.
Jun 18, 2019
The innovative ideas we will be discussing today such as dual enrollment in high school and additional students support services in two and four year colleges among many others have the potential to significantly decrease the equity access…
Jun 18, 2019
our Nation spends $5 billion less educating students of color in the higher ed system than it does White students.
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