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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2. Wale (“Ambition”, 2011) “Move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon. First generation college students are tasked with the tumultuous role of paving their own road. One major key to success in college is thoroughly reviewing and critiquing your work before a professor can. Dr. Jeremy C.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students.

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A commitment to the work It’s that kind of commitment to equity issues that has inspired Jean, who has been at the university since 2011. In 2020, Jean moved to the office of the provost, where his work has focused primarily on limited income and first-generation students. Jean’s advocacy has not gone unnoticed.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Dr. J. Luke Wood to Become President of Sacramento State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

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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.