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Kessler Collaborative Breaks Down Silos to Help First-Generation Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

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Sachelle Ford became the first director of the DukeLIFE program at Duke University in January 2020, she brought with her the experience of being a first-generation college student. Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective, said peer mentorship works. “It

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Fostering Success

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Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Charles Alexander Dr. Charles J.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

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Census Bureau’s 2020 Census. Mentorship Part of the grant’s funds will be used to replicate a peer mentoring program that already exists on UConn’s main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program.

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The Importance of Listening to Student Needs Emphasized at Department of Education Summit

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Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. Johns Hopkins University senior Daivik Chawla was the first person to emphasize the importance of student voices in student support. He appreciated the impact that peer mentors had on him and became a peer advisor as a sophomore.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

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educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4

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