Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

A focus on first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students — serving their needs is essential,” Dr. Marybeth Gasman, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education at Rutgers University, wrote in an email to Diverse. There's clearly so much more need that exists than there is funding available,” Lindwarm said. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As a first-generation college student, Canton didn’t know about doctorates or writing a dissertation, but a professor provided guidance. Practical applications Canton encourages students to identify what they are passionate about. I started hanging out in the department, going to conferences in Washington, D.C.,

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Active Minds

JUNE 22, 2023

I really resonated with the main character, and reading it helped me feel closer to my culture as a first-generation immigrant. But after that, I would definitely be spending my time traveling the world and checking things off my bucket list. It explores the topic of mental health by using spirits from Igbo mythology.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 6, 2024

As the gateway to federal financial aid for college, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a crucial step for students and their families in securing funding for higher education. The FAFSA serves as the primary application for federal student aid programs, including grants, loans, and work-study opportunities.

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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. So how do you see them working with students?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

LEARN MORE Emblematic of this ambiguity was the Court’s simultaneous assertion that, on the one hand, nothing in the opinion “should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” while, on the other, “.universities

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EAB

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Actionable guidance from the Court, on which any definite response on the part of colleges and universities must depend, will likely not be available until June of 2023. The complex implications of a total ban generated a lot of discussion during the hearings and raised questions about the basic feasibility of race-blind applicant assessment.

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IEFA

AUGUST 6, 2022

FEA makes life-changing, international experiences accessible to all by supporting students of color, community college, and first-generation college students before, during, and after they participate in education abroad programs. In order to be eligible, applicants must be U.S. study abroad population. Benjamin A.

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EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

A current Michigan student joins the discussion toward the end to share his journey as an aspiring first-generation college student and the impact that the fly-in weekend had on him. So I think our application volume is still increased, it is high. Speaker 1: Hello. KW: Absolutely. So over the years, it has changed.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

It doesn't always make everybody happy, but it definitely makes it easier when everybody feels they're being listened to.” You're approachable. You try to keep it real, and just really talk about, ‘Look, this is why, and this is what I have to consider.’ That really hit home for me.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB · How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence the College Journey LEARN ABOUT COLLEGE GREENLIGHT College Greenlight is the nation's largest community of professionals supporting and recruiting first-generation, lower-income, and historically underserved students. Why do you need that? What do you do? I know we are in a chaotic place.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

So it's definitely a population that is exploding right now, and has been for the last couple of years, and is driving enrolments up in the community college sector for sure. And what we learned is that stepping onto a college campus for the first time can be terrifying and confusing, especially for first generation students.

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

And when your tech does not work the way you need it to, and when you're trying to recruit from the same pool of applicants that you've already been working for a long time, it is crucial that you look to your tech and see how you can do better. And in state, out-of-state, first generation or not, men, women, all of that.

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