Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. Moving forward, institutions need to have a broader definition and attention to mental healthcare, Horne said. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

I was a first-generation college student, neither of my parents went to college, she says. I know there are students out there that could definitely succeed, they just need the resources. This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D. So I navigated accessing college and all of that on my own, and I felt like now it's my turn.

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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. Faculty's working conditions are students' learning conditions,” Kezar told Diverse.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Non-first-generation students were 2.5 points for potential first-generation students. It definitely made us realize that we need to make a significant investment in need-based aid.” Whereas white students who received a direct admissions offer were 2.4 points likelier. points likelier to apply, compared to 3.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Without the data, it’s hard to tell anything definitively. percent who are first generation college students. Or maybe it’s because of other factors that have come into play since the Supreme Court decision putting an end affirmative action. Nor can it be said if the number of Asian students has dropped. And there are 20.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

According to Bill Imada, chief connectivity officer of the IW Group, a multicultural marketing agency, and moderator of the panel, the students that he’s meeting are seeking authenticity. “They come in saying that they want a company that is definitive about their purpose, knows who they are, and not only talks about it, but shows it,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Without the data, it’s hard to tell anything definitively. percent who are first generation college students. Or maybe it’s because of other factors that have come into play since the Supreme Court decision putting an end affirmative action. Nor can it be said if the number of Asian students has dropped. And there are 20.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ramirez, who has experience working with unions, said this is the first generation to be worse off than their parents. I think there’s going to be a big fight coming this year with the courts, and something we are definitely watching and hoping to be a resource for.” It’s a really popular policy.

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Student Research Foundation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kirk Daulerio, Co-Founder, Mainstay, writing in Bridging the Gap: How can emerging technology chart pathways to completion for first-generation students?, Some findings include: First-generation students are less confident about attending college. points higher than non-first-generation students.

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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. I tell young graduate students if you’re going to become an academic, you have to definitely be published earlier than when I went to school,” he says. being exposed to the life of the mind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. I definitely want to be a resource to other presidents and other institutions,” Fox said. “I Diversity and inclusivity are priorities for Fox.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Dr. Mark Henderson Henderson says the measure definitely influenced the enrollment of “historically excluded groups.” Acosta adds that, as a first generation Latinx himself, he wants to know that the patients from his home community will receive and look forward to better healthcare in the future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. Her family was poor, so much so that in the summers Cureton would miss the consistency of the lunches offered by school cafeterias.

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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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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Forbes Under 30 Circles connect Forbes 30 Under 30 Listers with first-generation, low-income (FGLI) high school and college students looking to expand their networks and their definition of success. This inaugural Forbes Under 30 Mentorship Circles program is the largest ever launched by Close the Gap Foundation to date.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 18, 2023

The team at Close the Gap (CtG), spoke with the many talented fellows and mentors about their experience with the Close the Gap Social Impact Fellowship program, as well as their support for the first generation, low income (FGLI) community. There is definitely a lot of trial and error and just trying to do enough to stand out.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students. One result of this effort was the definition of robust campus-employer partnerships, co-created by BGEE campus teams, EWG members, and students.

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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. JW: Yeah, I can definitely do that. laughter] 0:14:51.3

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 6, 2024

The bottom line is that if you don’t file the FAFSA, you definitely won’t receive any aid for school. These delays are impacting all students, as they feel more rushed to make decisions about what to do – but low-income and first-generation students may feel this rush more deeply.

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Close the Gap Foundation

JULY 10, 2023

The team at Close the Gap (CtG), spoke with the many talented fellows and mentors about their experience with the Close the Gap Social Impact Fellowship program, as well as their support for the first generation, low income (FGLI) community. In this spotlight series, we share with you their personal stories, passions and motivations.

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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. study abroad population. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If so, admissions practices that favor first-generation and low-income college goers—which will also, incidentally, tend to favor students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups—may make it easier to defend against accusations that your admissions practices are illegally tipping the scales in favor of black and brown students.

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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. Examples include programs designed specifically to engage low-income and first-generation students. What will the future bring? College Greenlight. Learn More.

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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.’

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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. JA: Yeah, your program is definitely unique from many programs in those respects. Speaker 1: Hello. KW: Absolutely. Yeah, Kim, as you.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Daniel Collier, assistant professor of higher and adult education in the department of leadership at the University of Memphis Collier described the changes as “an absolute win” for stopped out students, many of whom are first-generation and/or minoritized. I think at the undergraduate level, the answer is definitely no,” he said.

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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

They haven't wrapped our heads around, first of all, Is this really my job, and I think unfortunately, it has to be 'cause there just aren't enough people, so you're gonna have to talk some people off the fence, all of us are. And in state, out-of-state, first generation or not, men, women, all of that. Did we exceed our goal?

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COE

MARCH 11, 2024

for our Policy Seminar and working with you throughout the year to increase the federal investment in our nation’s first-generation, low-income students. We look forward to seeing you next week in Washington, D.C. , Get in Touch Questions? Contact COE Vice President for Public Policy Diane Shust.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2025

As a first-generation Black graduate student attending a large PWI research one university, I recognized the importance of leveraging my cultural assets to persist Jason K. asserted that first-generation Black students, in particular, demonstrate exceptional resilience, often overcoming obstacles in their personal and academic lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. Her family was poor, so much so that in the summers Cureton would miss the consistency of the lunches offered by school cafeterias.

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