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Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S.

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MARCH 13, 2025

According to Common App's latest "Deadline Update" report released Thursday, college applications for the 2024-25 admissions cycle continue to show strong growth, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation students. to 14% White applicants' share of the applicant pool continued its long-term decline, dropping from 48.2%

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Black and brown students, students who are in the first generation of their families to go to college, and those who come from families with low incomes, unfairly rest at the center of the neglect and disregard propagated at every level.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

million in scholarships to 710 first-generation college students from underrepresented communities. The organization focuses on advancing racial and social justice, fostering equity of opportunity, building resilient communities, and delivering world-class philanthropy.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Southwestern Oregon Community College, an ATD member since 2012, has distinguished itself through its targeted support of adult learners and first-generation students. Perhaps most notably, the equity gap between first-generation and non-first-generation students in fall-to-fall persistence narrowed by 3 percentage points.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In May of 1985 before he died in November of that year, he shed tears as he watched me walk across the stage a college graduate, a first-generation student literally willed into existence by my family that did not even know the meaning of that term. Later, my sister became a college graduate as well and an elementary school teacher.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Her appointment carries particular significance at Columbia, where more than half of the students are first-generation college-goers and one in five is a Chicago Public Schools graduate. "As At Georgia Tech, she managed a $3.1

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Her inspiration to take on the presidency of Cal State LA was fueled by its mission of fortifying the workforce of California, serving students who are first-generation, low-income and from underrepresented groups, having stellar faculty and committing to the student experience.

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JULY 19, 2023

No one ever told me how hard it would be to navigate my mental health as one of the many first-generation students entering college each year. I ignored my RA’s knock for the first week. I ignored my RA’s knock for the first week. I sat in the dorm room without a bathroom or proper food.

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MARCH 6, 2025

A first-generation college and law graduate, and lawyer herself, Mitchells leadership and vision inspire law school aspirants to see the challenging path to becoming lawyers as an achievable dream - reminding them of the "seeds of greatness" inside and their social responsibility to pay it forward.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Lehman College, which serves many lower income and first-generation students, has several initiatives that work to close such gaps. First, increasing the number of academic advisors who provide students with guidance on how to complete their degrees efficiently.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

The study also revealed that affordability remains a critical factor, especially for first-generation and low-income students. For example, smaller schools gain more from incremental improvements in campus amenities and academic offerings compared to larger institutions.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

As a first-generation college student, Brown said that he knew he might need “a little push to get to the finish line,” and believed that an HBCU would provide that for him. When I got into high school and found out what an HBCU was, my God,” said Tobias Brown, a student at Morehouse College.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

After sharing his feelings of not belonging with a Hispanic psychology professor, the professor introduced Liera to the McNair Scholars Program, a federally funded program that helps first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students prepare for graduate school and doctoral students.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization. Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez.

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MARCH 6, 2025

a nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA, which served as a strategic partner to the Atlanta Public School District as well as hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation to increase the number of low-income, first generation, Atlanta students of color graduating from high school and college.

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MARCH 11, 2025

A first-generation college student, Hardin earned a Ph.D. Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Hardin will begin work at Quinnipiac on July 1.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Brandon Protas is Assistant Vice President for Alliance Engagement at Complete College America, where he focuses on bringing practical solutions to helping more students graduate with a special focus on ensuring students of color, first-generation students, and those from low-income backgrounds have the support they need.

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MARCH 28, 2025

The study found that Latino students, who represent one in five postsecondary students nationwide, are more likely to be first-generation college-goers (51% compared to 22% of white students), come from lower-income households (70% have family incomes below $50,000), and have an expected family contribution (EFC) of zero (45%).

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MARCH 12, 2025

Non-traditional and first-generation students face unique challenges that require tailored approaches. Others emphasized the importance of destigmatizing help-seeking behaviors, noting that it still feels almost taboo to seek out help in most situations.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

As a first-generation Black college graduate from a low-income family, I reaped the benefits of mentorship from faculty and staff who come from similar backgrounds. Their guidance helped me discover my true calling in higher education, ultimately leading me to secure my dream job at UT.

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MAY 8, 2024

There isn’t a lot of research on the best way to talk about college with students who would be the first in their family to attend, but it’s a research field that’s growing. by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher learning. These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school. We have a first-generation student center on campus.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The foundation emphasizes the need to focus on both recent high school graduates and adult learners returning to education.

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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.

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MARCH 6, 2025

She is an expert in contemporary American religion, especially related to religion in public institutions, religious diversity, religious and moral aspects of healthcare, and religion and immigration.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nicholas Bowman The presence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) and first-generation college students in a course is related to higher STEM grades for all students in the class, especially for the minority students themselves, according to a recent study published in AERA Open.

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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. But when I realized there was no pre-college math course to take, I panicked. I had always struggled with math. I thought, ‘How am I going to pass this class?’” Maria’s experience is not uncommon.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Community colleges often serve many students from low-income backgrounds, first-generation college students, and those balancing school with full-time jobs. Many potential students feel disconnected from higher education or uncertain about whether college is worth the investment.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students. Of those enrolled for credit-based instruction, 43% are White, 28% are Hispanic, 12% are Black, and 6% are Asian/Pacific Islander.

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MAY 20, 2024

One of these pilots was Common App’s Direct Admissions Program, which proactively admitted qualifying first-generation and middle-to-low-income students into the program’s network of schools on a conditional basis. Spurred on by these findings, Common App then launched a full-scale, 71-school version of this program in Fall 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As It includes outreach and resources to counselors and families with students receiving direct admissions offers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They serve our country’s fastest-growing demographics—from students of color and first-generation students to adult learners and transfer students—and create pathways to social and economic mobility.” “It’s an honor to join AASCU at a time when regional comprehensive universities are poised to make a critical impact.

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JUNE 13, 2023

The School of Religion will engage scholars on matters such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religious tradition, ideology, faith and activism, first-generation Christians, and addressing the needs of the Black community. “At It is, in fact, evolutionary.”

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APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education.

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MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. During her six-year tenure at Boise State, she successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while increasing student enrollment and improving affordability.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Jones Maurice Jones has been appointed chief executive officer at The Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation. Jones, founder of the professional and business services firm MJConnects, served as CEO of OneTen.

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