Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. out by Summer/Early Fall of 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Galizio A research brief on community college baccalaureate (CCB) students from the New America Foundation found, “Many CCB students are deeply rooted in their communities, often raising children and/or caring for aging parents, and they want to stay local” (Meza & Love, 2022).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

At the University of Houston (UH), an HSI serving the fourth largest city in the nation, 33% of total fall 2022 enrollment identified as Latinx. One third of their students are Pell Grant eligible and receive stipends from his office to help fund their educational journey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Doug Shapiro, executive director of the NSCRC, says this preliminary data represents approximately 52% of the schools and 9 million students from which data will be collected by the end of the semester. The report’s preliminary data indicates the most significant decline is at four-year institutions that serve low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Maria Monroe, director of WVC’s concurrent enrollment program, said Running Start students make up almost one third of the college’s student population. According to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse, a research organization collecting data from the majority of U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As minoritized individuals and scholars, we must set the record straight on several real ‘issues/problems’ confronting students of color. These norms should include offering accelerated courses/programs, rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs (e.g., internships). Hines, E.M., Fletcher, E.C., Ford, D.Y., & Hines, E.M.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JANUARY 9, 2024

The New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship is open to all students regardless of whether they attend part-time, enroll immediately after high school, or start school later in their careers. Students may attend either a two-year or four-year New Mexican public institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Forward focus ATD initiatives over the past decade have involved building capacity to support success for students of color and low-income students. In 2022, she was awarded the American Association of Community Colleges Leadership Award and entered the organizations Hall of Fame.

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Close the Gap Foundation

JUNE 15, 2022

The Fellowship leverages project-based learning, structured mentorship, and tailored workshops to help rising 11th and 12th-grade students recognize and embrace their potential through the planning, executing, and presenting a social impact project to better their communities. The Fellowship runs from June to September 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) serves the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, enrolling roughly 40,000 students. As of Fall 2022, Latino students comprise 50.64% of all full-time undergraduates and 49.68% of all part-time undergraduates.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Impact and Scale UIA institutions' deep commitment to producing more low-income graduates and graduates has been paying off. The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Impact and Scale UIA institutions' deep commitment to producing more low-income graduates and graduates has been paying off. The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

They’re students like Yhan, whose pursuit of a combined medical and master’s of public health degree is both complicated and inspired by his diagnosis: “When I started college as a first-generation, low-income student in a city over a thousand miles from home, I expected to face new challenges.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. Thu, 12/15/2022 - 06:00. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. College to Career. Completion Grants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It holds a 93% master’s degree completion rate for the program’s Latinx students since 1986. For comparison, the overall graduate student population’s degree completion rate is 81%. And in the past decade – up to fall 2022 – 97% of Latinx fellows (32 participants) earned their master’s degrees.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Oftentimes low-income students rely on loans they are stuck paying back over many years, even decades. In addition, many low-income students work numerous hours while enrolled to help pay for college, attend part-time, and drop out due to work, family, and financial demands.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

For first-generation and low-income students, these programs can be life-changing, offering experiences that might otherwise be out of reach. The 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders Study Abroad Program exemplified the power of study abroad for first-generation and low-income students.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

A graduate of the  University of South Carolina , she credits her understanding of the unique challenges confronting first-generation, low-income students to her participation in the Opportunity Scholars Program (OSP), a subset of TRIO Student Support Services , during college. 

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Thu, 09/08/2022 - 06:00. For many students, it's also the primary goal. Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. College to Career.

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COE

MAY 23, 2023

Yang, whose parents are Hmong refugees from Laos , says the TRIO programs are critical for low-income students and families like hers to erase barriers to college access and allow students to envision themselves and their futures in unforeseen ways. Faces of TRIO Collette Yellow Robe: From academic probation to Ph.D

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COE

JULY 25, 2023

Growing up around family members who worked in TRIO, a federal program that provides student support resources to first-generation and low-income students and students with disabilities, he modeled the program after Upward Bound. Social Innovation Project to pursue the program.

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Close the Gap Foundation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

” — Glen Smith, high school teacher in Columbia, Maryland As an essential part of Close the Gap Foundation’s programming serving first-generation, low-income (FGLI) students, the team is building a community of partners to bring the advantages of a diverse and influential network to those least likely to have access.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

My new role as the president of COE is both exhilarating and daunting as I know I will encounter new challenges that have broad implications for our students. However, I am ready to serve and continue the work necessary to ensure success for our first-generation, low-income students in getting to and through college.

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Close the Gap Foundation

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A responsibility that for Nina, a first-generation, low-income student herself, is personal. Close the Gap Foundation’s fourth annual Social Impact Fellowship will run from June to September 2022. To apply to be a 2022 Fellow click here. To apply to be a 2022 mentor click here.

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

One hundred and thirty-nine high school TRIO students from across the country participated in the National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) this year in Washington, D.C., She believes experiences like NSLC help educate students on every state’s unique challenges and education inequalities.

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COE

APRIL 10, 2024

My name is Krystal Hicks, 38, and I’m a University of New Hampshire 2007 graduate and former TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) participant. I still seek ways to support first-generation students and even taught summer courses for the UNH Upward Bound program in 2021 and 2022. They indeed held me down, and I’m forever grateful.

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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 30, 2021

We at Close the Gap Foundation are thrilled to launch a program that sparks connection between first-gen, low-income students and Forbes 30 Under 30's inspiring entrepreneurs and innovators," noted Mary King, Under 30 Mentorship Circles Program Lead. The partners aim to launch the second program in early 2022.  

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Unfortunately, the students most likely to find themselves in that situation are those from low-income, high-poverty and historically marginalized communities. That includes better serving all of our students, in particular students of color, low-income students, and first-generation students.”

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Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Giving first-generation, low-income students the opportunity and support to evaluate and address the needs of their own communities is an approach to social impact that feels refreshing and meaningful. The Close the Gap Foundation Social Impact Fellowship will continue for its fourth program in Summer 2022.  

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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent launch of its fourth annual Social Impact Fellowship , Close the Gap Foundation kicked off the summer mentorship program with a Mentoring with Empathy Q&A panel on May 28th, 2022. About Close the Gap Foundation Close the Gap Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Sunnyvale, California.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News 2024 Best Colleges rankings) relative to the average discounted tuition paid by 2022-23 full-time undergraduates after receiving need-based scholarships and grants. The percentage of all full-time 2022-23 academic year undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or grants. Weight = 50%. Weight = 20% 3. Weight = 20% 4.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News 2024 Best Colleges rankings) relative to the average discounted tuition paid by 2022-23 full-time undergraduates after receiving need-based scholarships and grants. The percentage of all full-time 2022-23 academic year undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or grants. Weight = 50%. Weight = 20% 3. Weight = 20% 4.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

The MacBook donation from Airbnb, a first-of-its-kind for Close the Gap Foundation, is a step towards decreasing that divide and opening new opportunities for students. Every student who completes the 2022 Social Impact Fellowship will receive a refurbished MacBook.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 18, 2023

Let’s meet Diane Diane is a junior at Hayward High School, where she is involved in several clubs such as Club Batia (her school’s Italian club), fashion club, Model UN and VSA (Vietnamese Student Association). Diane was a previous CtG Social Impact fellow with the 2022 cohort.

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Close the Gap Foundation

JULY 10, 2023

The team at Close the Gap (CtG), spoke with the many talented fellows and mentors about their experience with the Close the Gap Social Impact Fellowship program, as well as their support for the first generation, low income (FGLI) community. Let’s meet TJ TJ was a Close the Gap mentor during the 2022 fellowship program.

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

This change may also allow institutions additional leeway in awarding students grant, work and loan amounts to cover more of their college-related costs. Anticipate Pell expansion Qualification for Pell Grants will change and should provide broader access and support for low-income students.

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