Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Students' decisions to pursue and complete higher education are shaped by access to information, available resources, and the quality of their college experience. The foundation emphasizes the need to focus on both recent high school graduates and adult learners returning to education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. These key recommendations inform what higher ed reform and affordability should look like moving forward, Williams said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. One of the first 10 questions that a student encounters in the FAFSA is ‘Who is your parent or guardian and what is their income information?’ Demographic information about the recipients was not available. It’s one of the things that COIN can do in the future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

My professional training and my lived experiences inform my perspective in a world that often seeks to undermine the voices of women who look like me. These experiences have given me a unique lens through which I approach leadership, prioritizing equity, access, and the holistic well-being of our students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

As an educator and university president, I have seen firsthand the ADA’s transformative impact on our higher education systems — and how far we still must go before higher education is truly accessible and inclusive of learners from all backgrounds. UDL is the gold standard for accessibility practices. It’s our starting point.

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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. We have a first-generation student center on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. Amid news that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The curriculum’s first course, “The Students We Have,” is currently available for free to colleges throughout the nation. Interested participants can expect narrative video content, data-informed best practices, reflection activities and self-assessments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

At an information session held Tuesday evening by the White House and the Department of Education, representatives said they were doing everything they could to troubleshoot and solve FAFSA problems as they arose. The worst-case scenario, we expect less students to access and attain a critical postsecondary credential. “The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Dual enrollment can expose students to the rigor of college-level work, provide them vital information regarding transfer, and help them feel more confident about attending college. Students in dual enrollment programs enjoy many benefits — participation provides them a jump-start on gaining college credit, and it can save them money.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

HBCUs have always been innovating for generations. They're educating first-generation college students and turning them into global leaders that's innovation. We're connected to the information system of the institution, and gone are the days where you need to get forms signed in triplicate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Nellum added that the information in the reports is of national relevance. “It 61% are first-generation college students. Harnessing more data effectively is a critical first step in advancing student parent success.” It affects women and people of color disproportionately and even more so women of color,” he said.

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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. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. His story illustrated the need for comprehensive advising with an essential focus on access. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Connections, networks and resources help people understand, access and navigate educational systems and the labor market. It may not be immediately obvious, particularly for first-generation learners.” We wanted to create a framework and supports for institutions.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Others are teaching information literacy by having students fact-check bots’ responses to research questions. And in the process learn a bit about how, as researchers, we’re always following up on information and making sure that things are accurately representing the situation that we’re addressing.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

1, that faced several technical issues and limited windows of accessibility. Department of Education (ED) pushed back the date that it would be sending colleges students’ information, Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs), from January to the first half of March due, in part, to calculation errors.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

As a first-generation undocumented immigrant and the president of the CCNY Dream Team, Juky is passionate about advocating for marginalized communities, particularly undocumented and BIPOC students.

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

This year, we have chosen the following fellows with projects ranging from unpacking the barriers and obstacles Black, African, and Caribbean-American men face when disclosing or seeking treatment for their mental health to enhancing accessibility and utilization of mental health resources for Asian students at Princeton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr.,

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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. The moment to really intervene is as soon as it happens.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Donovan Livingston, award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker, has spent his career in education bridging the gap between his artistic sensibility and commitment to college access, and social justice. “A A lot of my work is grounded in how Hip Hop informs student experiences in college,” Livingston said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Through carefully targeted programs and partnerships that remove barriers to educational access and success, these leaders hope their latest numbers portend future growth. The program reached first-time college goers as well, and 56% of the 2022 promise cohort identify as first-generation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

56% of undergraduate institutions reported using technology to recruit international students through events like virtual college fairs and online information sessions. Rutgers was one of the many schools that broadened access using technology. Technology was critical to the ways in which schools internationalized during the pandemic.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As a first-generation undocumented immigrant and the president of the CCNY Dream Team, Juky is passionate about advocating for marginalized communities, particularly undocumented and BIPOC students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Mamie Voight Citing Chief Justice John Robert’s majority decision on the matter, EducationCounsel co-founder Art Coleman said that it was still possible to strategize and innovate to promote access, equity, and diversity in higher ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

They have created special programs for students who are under-served, at risk, first generation, Black males, women, migrants, and prisoners. Community colleges have taken great pride over many decades as an open-door institution welcoming students who had no other place to go.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Greenleaf children and their descendants became key regional players in a post-Emancipation society, one working to ensure freed Black children had access to education, another working to financially safeguard and invest in Black communities in D.C. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

million grant – lasting five years – will go toward what this cadre of faculty and staff are calling the Transformation, Equity, Access, and Sense of Belonging (TEAS) project, which is directly aimed at aiding Asian students at UConn’s regional campus in Hartford. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Whitehurst also said that Black faculty have access to professional supports in his office, including a mentorship program which can help underrepresented faculty navigate their careers and eventually move toward tenure, even if it’s not at Penn State. Dr. Marcus A. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

In explaining the decision, Lafayette’s president Nicole Hurd noted that first-generation and low-income students often have challenges amassing a high number of activities, and are unaware that valuable experiences like caregiving or working can be listed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

They collaborate on projects that improve access to graduate school for under-resourced students and students of color. The Graduate School Academy helps students of color complete their applications for graduate school, overcoming any knowledge gaps created from being first-generation or under-resourced.

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