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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

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The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

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I'm a first-generation student. It not only contributes to increasing Latine students’ educational and political opportunities, but it also contributes to the advancement of methodological techniques to study contemporary issues of equity in politics. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

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In concert with Rhode College’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as well as affordability, the Office of Admission strives to identify, recruit, and enroll domestic students who are underrepresented in higher education, including first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

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And my equity journey continues. But my longtime concerns for him as a parent have grown more severe in today’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion climate. The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today.

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Developing Leaders

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She also serves as a liaison between the undergraduate scholarship organizations, one of which is focused on first-generation college students, and upper leadership. There is] potentially some negative behaviors towards diversity, equity, and inclusion,” she explains. “I

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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

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Foundations continue to focus on awarding scholarships to students who navigate and matriculate in college with ease. This shift in focus requires a commitment to first generation college students, equity, and inclusion. So, these students are often unnoticed and left behind as well.