Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

The interviews with the first-generation college-going Mexican Americans were conducted in a specific manner so as to best gather testimonios , a manner grounded in Chicana feminist theories and indigenous theories, Trejo said. SJH’s focus on training students to be proficient in mathematics was another point in its favor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We know that the pandemic and its aftermath had led to inflation and new financial pressures on all Americans, but in particular first-generation students,” Kent said. “We Of the fields of study surveyed in the report, mathematics and computer science was the only one to see an increase in first-time enrollment (5.4%).

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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. Belonging is crucial to student success, so it’s important that students feel seen and supported by caring faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Kim Hughes, director of the UTeach Institute at the University of Texas “What we have learned is when you require students to spend more time or more money to become a teacher, it becomes a barrier, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color. The answer is yes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

This year, Excelencia also examined three specific areas of industry projected to grow by roughly 10% by 2031: STEM (statistics, technology, engineering and mathematics), healthcare, and educational professions. Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“If colleges of engineering, colleges of science, and quite frankly non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) academic units would build the infrastructure that CEED has, they, too, would see an increase in the achievement, success, graduation, and graduate enrollment for first-generation and underrepresented students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer. In 2022, The Mount received a Title V HSI grant to develop new resources to help students who struggle in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs, otherwise known as STEM.

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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.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Among first-generation college students and those in underrepresented groups, students earning a CLEP score of 50 or higher on exams have significantly higher retention and graduation rates than other students. CLEP students have higher average GPA’s in college than other student.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

We asked Chancellor Larive her thoughts about keeping people engaged, focused on what they have to do today, and hopeful about what's ahead, and she spoke about the transformational power of higher education: "Higher education changed my life from a low-income, first-generation college student. We do that every day at universities.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It provides scholarships to students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) that attend a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Fontana Transport, a family-owned company, issues scholarships to first-generation high school seniors. Fontana Transport. Amount: Up to $5,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Exploring group counseling interventions for Black boys in middle school: Using the achieving success everyday (ASE) group model for racial and mathematical identity development. We also examine programs and interventions that have been specially designed to improve Black males' mathematics skills. Hines and E.C. Fletcher (Eds.).

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

And in state, out-of-state, first generation or not, men, women, all of that. So I don't ever wanna argue with the president and tell them, some of this may be mathematically impossible, but some of it may be mathematical be impossible. Did we exceed our goal? There's only so much pie.

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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.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

His career was marked by unwavering dedication to increasing educational opportunities for low-income and first-generation students, particularly African American students. This association will ensure his legacy endures, fostering success and opportunity for future generations.” this summer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Disaggregated research on how civic engagement pedagogies impact students of color, rural, low-income, and first-generation students is also sparse.

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Active Minds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Rachna Edalur Pronouns: she/her/hers School: Texas A&M University About: Rachna is an applied mathematics major with a concentration in biological sciences at Texas A&M University. She even started her own nonprofit, Beyond Taiwan.

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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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