Academic support, First generation and Inclusion

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

Retention

Retention Mentoring Financial aid Grant

Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher learning. These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school. To help them, colleges are going beyond academic support.

First generation

First generation Students Instruction Mental health

Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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. Academic Advancement Program AAP is rooted in the purpose of public education, notes Alexander.

Success

Success First generation Mentoring Counseling

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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.

Retention

Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation

How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer. It’s incredible the way [The Mount] truly lives the mission of our authentic inclusivity and commitment to human dignity, our obligations to each other, and our common humanity,” says Burns. asks Delgado.

Advising

Advising Grant Faculty Higher education

Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For underrepresented groups such as first-generation college students, students of color, LGBTQIA+ students, and those from low-income backgrounds additional pressures and other factors like stigma or lack of awareness, often compound these challenges and cause students to hold back from seeking the care and support they need to thrive.

Mental health

Mental health Financial aid First generation Students

From TRIO to Leadership: How Support and Mentorship Shaped My Career

COE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

From TRIO to Leadership: How Support and Mentorship Shaped My Career September 30, 2024 by Juan Lopez My journey with TRIO was transformative, shaping both my educational and professional path. TRIO offered crucial academic support, mentorship, and resources that helped me navigate the complexities of higher education.

Leadership

Leadership First generation Therapist Equity

Balancing Acts: 2024 Wolanin Intern and Mother of Four Recalls Her Journey to Capitol Hill

COE

JULY 9, 2024

During my internship, one of the most memorable moments was preparing for and attending a committee hearing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The internship aligned perfectly with my academic and career goals in public administration and education policy. the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico!

First generation

First generation Collaboration Grant Success

Innovation in Action: Overview of the UIA’s Current Scale Projects

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 21, 2024

During 2023, as detailed in our Annual Report , we made great strides on these four scale projects: Academic Recovery, Student-Centered Redesign, Listening Lab, and Doctoral Research Fellows. year initiative provides financial and academic support for students retaking high-priority courses in which they were previously unsuccessful.

Student success

Student success Collaboration Success Faculty

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

UIA institutions are deeply committed to producing more low-income graduates, first generation graduates, and graduates of color across the country, and their efforts are paying off. Student-Centered Redesign : Piloting interventions designed to improve outcomes and experiences for Black students.

Collaboration

Collaboration Student success Success Leadership

How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education.

Advising

Advising Communication First generation Access

“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It was during this critical time that the Student Supportive Services programs played a pivotal role in my academic journey. The Student Supportive Services programs provided me with essential tutors in physics and calculus, subjects I desperately needed help with.

Tutoring

Tutoring Leadership First generation Mental health

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We utilize this framework to analyze the use of diverse comics and graphic novels to facilitate critical conversations of bringing inclusive visual texts into the classroom. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Chapter 12: Brown, D. Frazier, R.-M.

Advising

Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

COE

JULY 17, 2023

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, announced today the appointment of Aaron Brown, Ph.D., WASHINGTON, D.C. as its new executive vice president.

Education

Education First generation Leadership Grant

UCLA Achieves AANAPISI Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In addition to benefiting UCLA students directly, Yoo sees the program as part of a broader effort towards “inclusive excellence” across the University of California system. All nine UC undergraduate campuses are now AANAPISI-designated, and several, including UCLA, are also working toward gaining Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) status.

Retention

Retention Student affairs Application Equity

Student Success Central

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

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Fostering Success

2023 Seal of Excelencia

How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

From TRIO to Leadership: How Support and Mentorship Shaped My Career

Balancing Acts: 2024 Wolanin Intern and Mother of Four Recalls Her Journey to Capitol Hill

Innovation in Action: Overview of the UIA’s Current Scale Projects

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report

How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

UCLA Achieves AANAPISI Status

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