Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out. Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola.

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Mentoring Mental health Curriculum Teaching 130

NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Don Heller, Gigi Jones, and Abby Miller The recent dismantling of affirmative action and the COVID pandemic highlighted the barriers preventing underserved, underrepresented students – students of color and those who are low-income and first-generation – from enrolling in college.

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IEFA

AUGUST 6, 2022

Differences between scholarships and grants. Scholarships and grants are both types of financial aid that can help you pay for college. The main difference between the two is that scholarships are typically based on academic achievement or athletic ability, while grants are usually need-based. Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants.

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Hamm The Amazon Original film “A Million Miles Away” is an inspiring true story based on the life of TRIO Upward Bound and TRIO Student Support Services alumnus, 2001 National TRIO Achiever Award recipient, and author José Hernández , the first migrant farmworker to become an American astronaut.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

During Secretary Duncan's tenure in federal government, one of his notable accomplishments was establishing the First in the World Award , which recognized the prevalence of adult learners, working students, students from underserved groups, and first-generation students in higher ed, and incentivized collaboration for student success innovation.

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