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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FGLI students can also be more wary of adult help, said Sachelle Ford, made suspicious from past experiences and instances where they were let down. Peer mentors help their mentees learn about campus resources, like the grants available to students who are part of DukeLIFE. Depending on the mentee’s need, alerts can be raised.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lee said there is concern of funds from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), CARES Act, and other federal stimulus funds ending. We’re having discussions with policy makers across the spectrum from state and federal [government] … about the fact that we need to be supporting our students through this journey,” Lee said.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As of Fall 2022, Latino students comprise 50.64% of all full-time undergraduates and 49.68% of all part-time undergraduates. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Dr. Erika D. Beck CSUN President Dr. Erika D.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forward focus ATD initiatives over the past decade have involved building capacity to support success for students of color and low-income students. Curry explains that ATD puts him and the colleges in spaces where they can engage in national conversations about student success.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Over the past five years, EPW has served 909 students, 68% of whom are Latino. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Advancing the #RealCollege Movement

Believe in Students

I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency grants to students.

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What’s the (hold) back?

NACAC's Admitted

iStock Students who go through the enrollment pipeline process, financial aid, and other related procedures will sometimes be faced with “holds,” specifically, administrative process holds. Marchante is NACAC’s Project Manager, Content Strategy & Outreach.