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Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of Latinx faculty applicants increased by 15%. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Currently, 60.1%

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As AI Continues to Progress, Opportunities and Warnings Abound

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Others are teaching information literacy by having students fact-check bots’ responses to research questions. If we’re going to use generative AI for instruction, we need to make sure that our students all understand how to use the technology effectively,” said Conatser. There are also concerns that AI tools could be biased.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

Active Minds

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. Her project combines both empirical and qualitative data, drawing from her own study design and interviews with mental health experts.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy

Active Minds

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. Her project combines both empirical and qualitative data, drawing from her own study design and interviews with mental health experts.

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Learning and Teaching from Adversity: Meet TRIO Star Kontessa Siliski

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The college search and application processes were mysterious, and paying for college seemed impossible. I’m first-generation, so no one in my family knew where to start,” she explains. Through the ASC’s TRIO Tuesdays and Financial Literacy workshops, she learned about college life and financial aid opportunities.