Facilitation, First generation and Retention

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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.

Retention

Retention Facilitation First generation Faculty

Providing Students a Holistic and Supportive Experience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

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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Students First generation Mental health Inclusion

Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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.

Success

Success Mentoring First generation Counseling

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

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.

Student success

Student success Success Mathematics Students

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Within the context of TRIO programs, this research will focus on identifying institutional assets and barriers affecting first-generation and low-income learners’ career growth and developing an evidence-based theoretical model toward increasing awareness about institutional capacity.

Grant

Grant First generation Career services Facilitation

A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Advising First generation Retention

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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.

Higher education

Higher education Education FAFSA Grant

Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Mental health Curriculum Teaching

Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Mental health Curriculum Teaching

How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These researchers pioneered and popularized the idea that retention is driven by “ student engagement.” Metrics: First-year retention Student engagement efforts started organizing under the umbrella of a “ first-year experience ” during the 1990s and early 2000s. appeared first on EAB.

Student success

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide

COE

MAY 31, 2024

The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide May 31, 2024 — by Terrance L. Hamm The gift will support first-generation and low-income college graduates of a Federal TRIO program who apply for the Thomas R.

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First generation Grant Education Nontraditional student

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. & Alexander, L.D. Chapter 12: Brown, D.

Advising

Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching

How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Further, low retention and graduation rates continue to affect overall student success and disproportionately impact vulnerable student groups (e.g., BIPOC and first-generation students). Read below for three solutions you can implement to shift toward student-centered advising and positively impact retention. Learn more.

Faculty

Faculty Mental health Advising Retention

The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

COE

MAY 8, 2023

Congress created the TRIO programs because it recognized that low-income, first-generation students often face significant financial and societal obstacles to accessing and achieving success in higher education. I have long supported the TRIO programs and worked to ensure they reach the most needed students.

First generation

First generation Education Leadership Grant

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

COE

JULY 17, 2023

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, announced today the appointment of Aaron Brown, Ph.D., WASHINGTON, D.C. as its new executive vice president.

Education

Education First generation Leadership Grant

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces New Partnership with the Institute of International Education Center for Access and Equity

COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Hamm Discover how the IIE Center for Access and Equity’s partnership with COE is revolutionizing study abroad opportunities for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students. Jones remarked, “For over 20 years, COE has provided pathways for low-income, first-generation students to participate in study abroad programs.

Equity

Equity Access Accessibility Education

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

COE

MAY 10, 2024

The new report also highlights disparities in degree completion rates based on socioeconomic status, with first-generation and low-income students facing significant barriers to persistence and graduation. the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico. Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

Low income student

Low income student First generation Higher education Equity

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

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First generation Low income student Leadership Tutoring

Student Success Central

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Providing Students a Holistic and Supportive Experience

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Fostering Success

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

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

A Continued Commitment to Community

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces New Partnership with the Institute of International Education Center for Access and Equity

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

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