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Kessler Collaborative Breaks Down Silos to Help First-Generation Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our institution is approximately one-third first generation immigrant, like my parents, and approximately one-third second generation immigrantthe children of newcomers. Queens is the most diverse borough in one of the most diverse cities in the world. Farmworkers and immigrants from all over the world call our region home.

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Mott Community College Receives $156,000 for Initiative to Support Immigrant, Refugee, and First-Generation Students

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Mott Community College (MCC) has received $156,000 to implement an initiative aimed at better supporting immigrant, refugee, and first-generation students, The County Press reported. Mott Community College MCC’s initiative is called Pathways to Success: Empowering Immigrant Futures (EIF). The grant – from the Michigan Dept.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

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Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. Among the necessities that these funds have covered are car repair, utility bills and groceries.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

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HBCUs have always been innovating for generations. They're educating first-generation college students and turning them into global leaders that's innovation. These institutions have been creating pathways to opportunity despite systemic barriers that's innovation.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

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Diversity at HBCUs Explored at NCAA Inclusion Forum

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Dorsey, II, dean of student involvement and leadership at University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, adding that focusing on the places where students come from can help to facilitate a culture of belonging on campus. We have first-generation students and students from different social economic backgrounds,” said Ruffin.

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