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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s about developing new and exciting collaborations that break down barriers between industries and sectors to seize upon common interests, goals and complementary capabilities. Applications and enrollment are at record highs as is the diversity of the student body. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As minoritized individuals and scholars, we must set the record straight on several real ‘issues/problems’ confronting students of color. This proactive cultural responsiveness and affirmation includes equipping marginalized students with the abilities, skills, and dispositions needed to enhance their core academic content knowledge (e.g.,

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We collaborate with over 25 community partners where students obtain professional experience while serving the community.” To date, 391 students, 98.72% of them Latino, have collaborated with more than 25 non-profit organizations for a total of 6,782 hours. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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Close the Gap Foundation Partners with Notion, ClickUp, and ProWritingAid to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Close the Gap Foundation

The Fellowship leverages project-based learning, structured mentorship, and tailored workshops to help rising 11th and 12th-grade students recognize and embrace their potential through the planning, executing, and presenting a social impact project to better their communities.

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Advancing the #RealCollege Movement

Believe in Students

I was overjoyed to have the concrete example of what these educators were willing to do for their students, for free (and often putting their own money in), in the midst of their own upended lives. Second, I had spent about fifteen years working to improve college success for first-gen, low-income students.

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Demystifying Graduate School: A Guide for First-Gen BIPOC and Nontraditional Students

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We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. Hamm Support Us If you are a student support services professional, thank you.