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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
To understand how to ensure better access and promote positive outcomes for all students in dual enrollment programs, community colleges need to understand the dual enrollment experience from the perspective of students themselves. . … I knew what my homework was going to be like in the future.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
In the early aughts, Renick says, it was standard practice for student support programs to address equity gaps and low graduation or retention numbers through the creation of targeted programs, like initiatives for first-generation students, and African American male initiatives. NISS has raised graduation rates by an average of 4.5
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Timely MD
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The barriersranging from cultural stigma and financial constraints to limited access to tailored supportare significant and deeply rooted. Hidden curriculum: This refers to institutional jargon, unspoken rules, and processes that are intimidating to first-generation students. Is your campus encouraging help-seeking behaviors?
UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Written by: Nora Fandino Unzaga; TRIO Academic Advisor. Seeking support and accessing resources- If your anxiety is affecting various aspects of your life (school, work, family…) it’s important to seek support. For me, accessing therapy was transformative personally, emotionally, and physically.
The University Innovation Alliance
AUGUST 11, 2022
In fact, many of today's students are a bit older, self-supporting (some with dependents), possibly first-generation and/or from underserved or marginalized communities, and lacking the experience or time to find the resources that might better ensure their academic success. They need tech help, they need Wi-Fi access at home.
The University Innovation Alliance
JUNE 12, 2024
Inside Student Success Innovation While Dr. Burns prefers sharing the UIA’s vision and work rather than her personal journey, she explained how her experiences helped inform the Alliance’s goals: “A lot of first-generation and low-income students get bad advice. At no point did I ever talk to an academic advisor.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 21, 2024
Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success.
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