Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

Gates was one of a dozen scientists who received the honor in 2013 for the year 2011 in a ceremony that had been postponed due to the 2012 election. Turok says the institute is now the largest and strongest network of centres of excellence in mathematical sciences in Africa, with 3500 alumni at masters level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. Natacha DePaola, professor of Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Tech.

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COE

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2011, Christina Westbrook was hit by a car during her first semester as a transfer student at Illinois State University. Not only was she still adjusting to a new environment, but she was also navigating college as a first-generation student. Blog How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate.

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The LTC Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

Employ social-psychological interventions to help students manage academic setbacks and address concerns about belonging : (From Yeager & Walton “Social-psychological interventions in education: They’re not magic”, Review of Educational Research 2011 ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

I'm a former foster child, and I'm a student who struggled with food insecurities and housing insecurities, and I'm a first-generation college student, but I went to Sac State and it was an environment where I had mentors and people who supported me, and programs and services that I benefited from,” Wood said in an interview with Diverse.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

The new report also highlights disparities in degree completion rates based on socioeconomic status, with first-generation and low-income students facing significant barriers to persistence and graduation. the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico. Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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