First generation Mathematics Teaching 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 3, 2025
In an effort to fill critical openings, some schools have reduced the criteria needed to teach, including the requirement of a traditional teaching bachelors degree. Today, 61 percent of students entering our baccalaureate programs are first-generation and 41 percent are new to the community college system.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2023
On Wednesday, Alabama A&M University, the largest HBCU in the state, launched an effort to tackle the problem: AAMUTeach, a program allowing STEM majors to get a secondary school teaching certification while earning a bachelor’s, without any additional time or cost. If the student likes teaching, they can move to the rest of the program.
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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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2023
Despite other opportunities available to him, he decided to pursue a degree in mathematics secondary education. After two years at Coolidge, Gonzales went on to teach at Central Arizona College, where he spent 15 years rising through the ranks to become interim associate vice president of academic affairs. For Dr. Steven R.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 16, 2024
Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. This academic year, 575 students are being supported. Dr. Luis A.
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. Brown called for more institutions to systemically self-analyze their efficacy in teaching civic engagement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 31, 2024
Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. These are mostly summer programs except for Pathways for Future Engineers, a multi-year program for first-generation students from the state of Virginia who are provided with experiential learning opportunities.
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