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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. A plan for mainstream colleges and universities has been laid out for intentional engagement in recruitment and retention.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Hawkins, Jr.

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Providing Students a Holistic and Supportive Experience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Seventy-one percent of its students are first-generation college students and more than half are Pell eligible. In her previous role as the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at CSU Monterey Bay, she was instrumental in supporting, facilitating and developing a number of new healthcare related programs.”

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Five Questions That College Leaders Should Be Asking to Improve Student Success in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population. By allowing the credits from one program to stack toward a higher credential, institutions can facilitate the upward mobility of their learners.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. I track them in retention. I track them in graduation.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Charles Alexander Dr. Charles J.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola. Katie Martin, an assistant campus director on the Hartford campus, serves as the grant’s other co-PI.

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