Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“When I first met with my advisor, I was excited to dive into my program,” says Maria, a first-generation community college student. As a college president, leading with this equity-focused lens means asking the hard questions: Are our most vulnerable students truly succeeding? I had always struggled with math.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college. Dr. Dereck J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

“We saw evidence that relationships were critical to fill in that missing variable to the completion and economic advancement equation,” said Michael Collins, JFF vice president and leader of JFF’s Center for Racial Economic Equity. “We It may not be immediately obvious, particularly for first-generation learners.”

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Mentoring Placement First generation Inclusion 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Both are first-generation college students, grew up in migrant farming communities, have a background in mathematics, and served as president of MCCCD institutions (before Gonzales became chancellor of MCCCD). I can relate to some of those fears and unknowns as a first-generation student when you just don’t know what you don’t know.

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Community college First generation Placement Inclusion 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Kim Hughes, director of the UTeach Institute at the University of Texas “What we have learned is when you require students to spend more time or more money to become a teacher, it becomes a barrier, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color.

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Teaching Low income student Placement Mathematics 317

Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

A study by the Aspen Institute found that partnerships between community colleges and businesses lead to increased program quality, student success, and job placement rates. Providing career counseling and job placement services to learners to enhance career readiness and employability. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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Community college Mental health Low income student Placement 98

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. Prospective students are increasingly paying attention to graduate job placement rates before choosing which college to attend. Thu, 09/08/2022 - 06:00. College to Career.

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