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Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.

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Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Currently at Radford, we have a [student] population of 37% Pell-eligible students, and depending on the year, there’s usually 30% to 35% first-generation students as well. Andes said that Radford’s grant submission prioritized “enhanced student services in mental health and mentoring,” which made Radford’s proposal stand out.

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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These students are disproportionately affected by basic needs insecurity, making it essential for institutions to address these challenges to improve retention, academic performance, and post-graduation success,” said Fraire.

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Two Community Colleges in the South Are Bringing Students Back

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The program reached first-time college goers as well, and 56% of the 2022 promise cohort identify as first-generation. He developed a robust recruitment and retention team and had long conversations with all of his faculty and staff to impress upon them a “healthy anxiety” about their enrollment numbers, he said.

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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. The ability to shape a campus culture of excellence with comprehensive student support was always very appealing to me,” says Rios-Ellis, a bilingual and bicultural educational and community health leader. “As

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MEGA Symposium Tackles Trauma and Healing

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MEGA is a workgroup at MSU that targets the recruitment and retention of Black and Latinx men to college. Fifty-two percent of Bloomfield’s students were first generation, and the majority of Bloomfield’s students came from Essex County in NJ, home to Newark. The theme of this year’s symposium was “Triumph Over Trauma.”