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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The evolution of how end-users obtain and utilize information spurred a new movement in education that LeiLani Cauthen described in her 2017 book, The Consumerization of Learning. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

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Beyond ‘Historically Black’: An Insider’s Call for HBCU Revolution

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Drawing from his unique trajectory as a first-generation college student turned HBCU president and professor, Black, Not Historically Black combines scholarly analysis with raw personal testimony to create a work that is both an indictment and a love letter to these vital institutions.

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If You Think You’re Too Small to Make a Difference, You Haven’t Spent the Night with a Mosquito

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges also serve a high number of first-generation students, adult learners, and veterans, broadening access to education for groups that otherwise might struggle to pursue higher education. This partnership between community colleges and universities is not merely beneficialits vital.

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Why Does Fear Surround DEI Efforts?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Bradley, I walked across a college campus for the first time. People sat outside on blankets, chatting or reading books. I sat in on my first college lecture, I sang karaoke with college students, and I spent the night sleeping on the floor of my host student’s college dorm. Louis, Missouri. The buildings were regal.

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Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students

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Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says. Sergeev emigrated to the U.S.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The campus movement helped open the space for Black studies, and Black studies as a discipline in return would provide the curriculum that looks at the African American perspective. I taught Quest course (part of UF’s general education curriculum) with 66 students and a TA (teaching assistant); I never had a TA in my life,” Canton says. “I

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