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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. SFSU is building targeted responses that directly connect to increasing retention and completion of our Latinx student population.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Latino first-year retention has increased from 59% to 71% after implementation of the dual credit program. Hawkins, Jr.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

Timely MD

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.

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Chatbots and AI in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

Disproportionately, these were students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds. We found that our first-year, first-generation students, Pell-eligible students had less favorable experiences with online learning. We escalate this to advisors.

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Navigating the Path to Student Success Through Essential Guidance and Support

Timely MD

I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. In 2014, the position was elevated to Associate Vice President for Student Success in Academic Affairs. There is a national focus on the value of higher education, including cost and outcomes.

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How to Address The Two Biggest Hurdles in Community College Virtual Onboarding?

EAB

Students must proactively know to schedule an advising appointment—quite a big assumption for first-time-in-college or first-generation students. Many community college students are first-generation, first-time-in-college, and juggling competing priorities. Are you offering a modern student experience?