Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. DeSantis Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era in 2019; the Ellis W. Neither did college. The stories I got within my family didn’t fit in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

But as much as I am a higher ed scholar, I’m a Jotería scholar-activist because my academic upbringing was really informed by my lived experiences as a first-generation academic, Joto, and Latinx in higher ed.” and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds. They’re going to know that 41% of students are first-generation, that we have an office of student belonging. But institutions are under pressure, too. Those have been wildly helpful and popular,” said Maziarz.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

But as much as I am a higher ed scholar, I’m a Jotería scholar-activist because my academic upbringing was really informed by my lived experiences as a first-generation academic, Joto, and Latinx in higher ed.” and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Graduate School Academy helps students of color complete their applications for graduate school, overcoming any knowledge gaps created from being first-generation or under-resourced. The program has helped students become faculty, researchers, and policy makers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 3, 2023

are first-generation college students, according to recent findings from Forbes Advisor. Whitley First-generation college students – defined in the report as students whose parents are without four-year college degrees – make up 56% of the nation’s postsecondary students, the report found.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Named by a Forbes article in 2019 as the most influential voice in college admission, he strives to build an educational ecosystem that better represents today’s society. “As As a first-generation student who grew up in poverty, a scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend college and live an extraordinary life,” said Pérez.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. Faculty is a leadership role. When you're a faculty member, you're your own boss. ACE has a faculty fellows program.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. A first-generation college graduate, she earned her B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

I may not be able to make the staff happy because I need to do this for faculty and students, or whatever the case may be. The institution had to declare financial exigence and engage in severe retrenchment, closing programs, and terminating tenured faculty. The vice presidents have responsibility for their respective areas.

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