Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Diversity in representation not only enriches the educational experience but also provides necessary role models and mentors who understand and can empathize with the unique obstacles faced by students from underrepresented populations. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

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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. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech Career Mentors: Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, Dr. Aubrey Knight, Dr. Azziza Bankole, Dr. Shelvy Campbell-Monroe, and Carol Lynn Maxwell-Thompson, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. I was a first-generation college student, neither of my parents went to college, she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

In this role, he oversees the new university-wide general education requirement course that introduces first-year students to the institution. He is also a teaching assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ music department, intentionally merging his Hip Hop self with his college advisor self.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

On top of this, Galan found that Latinx professors are often given high teaching loads and tasked with many service projects, limiting their time for research. He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. students. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

The bot is designed to help students understand code and improve it, as well as to answer common basic questions, freeing up teaching assistants and professors to deal with more complex concerns. Some believe that it’s a first step toward a reimagining of the role of human instructors. All of these systems cost money,” said Toldson.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2023

I think it’s because I’m a first-generation student from a low-income area,” said the master’s candidate in educational leadership at the California State University, Fullerton College of Education. “I I didn’t really have a lot of mentors growing up who were in higher ed or had any idea what research was. It’s not scary.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

On top of this, Galan found that Latinx professors are often given high teaching loads and tasked with many service projects, limiting their time for research. He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. students. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. With many faculty and staff remaining closeted, there is also a lack of role models or mentors. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Mentorship Part of the grant’s funds will be used to replicate a peer mentoring program that already exists on UConn’s main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. Faculty should be committed to teaching the diverse student body. “I I would also like to do leadership and mentoring. … I also like breadth and depth,” Fox said.

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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent launch of its fourth annual Social Impact Fellowship , Close the Gap Foundation kicked off the summer mentorship program with a Mentoring with Empathy Q&A panel on May 28th, 2022. How to Empathize Working with mentees who may not share the same identities can be challenging to the mentors. Believe the mentees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

No matter what happens, keep pushing towards greatness.Career mentors: Dr. Trina Shanks (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Dr. Rogerio M. She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Career mentors: Dr. Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University Education: BSc., He was a first-generation college student as many of them are, and as an undergraduate he explored both environmental science and environmental engineering.

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Castleton Trio

MAY 8, 2020

I’m first-generation, so no one in my family knew where to start,” she explains. She participated in the Rotaract Club, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, and mentoring programs at Castleton Elementary School. She also found a part-time job mentoring students with disabilities through the College Steps program.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

Not surprising either is that research shows there is a social capital gap for those of us who identify as first-generation college students, those of us who were raised in a low-income household, and those of us who are part of a minority group. The impact of such gap can be sensed at the academic level.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When people ask me about my work, they often wonder if my motivation stems from being a low-income, first-generation college student myself. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” I am always quick to tell them that it was actually my parents who blazed that trail.

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Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

With the population of her students being mostly first generation and/or low-income, Jasmine understands the difficulties and challenges her students face based on her shared experience. Then, I took a shot at teaching. What do you enjoy the most about teaching?

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Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

During her time as an accountant, Magret trained employees and discovered her passion for teaching and helping people. What do you enjoy the most about teaching? MN: Teaching is very stressful. It was a point in my teaching where I was working on closing these opportunity gaps. ” The experience has been fantastic.

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Close the Gap Foundation

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Sharing similar motivations, Rhonda found Close the Gap as an opportunity to give back and help first-generation, low-income students. She was a big reason why I got into teaching. I started volunteering in groups and started teaching them. What do you enjoy the most about teaching? I was a later student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Dr. Erik M. Frazier, R.-M.

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COE

APRIL 17, 2024

My TRIO Upward Bound experience profoundly impacted my life, so I joined the Teach for America (TFA) program immediately after graduation. I then went from TFA back to TRIO Upward Bound, where my mentor, Terri, who welcomed me into the program when I was 15, hired me to become the assistant director. welcomes their perspectives.

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The LTC Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

If you have questions about supporting student use of the Writing Center, contact Kathy Evertz or Renata Fitzpatrick.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. For example, a colleague and mentor at the University of Georgia told me, ‘You're going to be the next head of psychology here.’

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Priority is given to students who have demonstrated financial need or are first-generation students. Haz La U Program Focus: General. Furthermore, students must agree to a two-year commitment of teaching, researching or working directly with the minority groups listed above within one year of graduation. Deadline: Nov.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. In addition to running the center, I also lecture on campus I teach a couple of different classes. We've been doing that one for five years now.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Nicole Pulliam In my first year as a faculty member, I was the shiny new object. As a woman of color, a first-generation college graduate, and someone raised in a limited-income home, I was celebrated for bringing fresh perspectives and ideas. They are tasked with mentoring others while their own professional needs go unmet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Career mentors: Dr. Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University Education: BSc., Bagheri is inspired by teaching students underrepresented in STEM fields. Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Try to engage minorities in cutting-edge environmental research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

No matter what happens, keep pushing towards greatness.Career mentors: Dr. Trina Shanks (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Dr. Rogerio M. She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance.

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