The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students. To identify the most promising and effective solutions, campus teams identified key elements critical to the success of their innovative, piloted solutions.

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Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

She’s particularly interested in pursuing a career in pediatrics and women’s health, and has just started a clinical placement at Providence Medical Center in the neonatal intensive care unit. I want to be able to take care of them as they get older and as a first-generation college student, I hope to make my parents proud of me.”

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For example, students may be asked to track down official high school transcripts, complete 3-4 hours’ worth of placement testing, or upload sensitive documents. Allow leniency in transcripts and placement testing. Many community college students are first-generation, first-time-in-college, and juggling competing priorities.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

This view is particularly prevalent among first-generation and lower-income students. I’m not mentally ready for college” was a concern expressed by 28 percent of first-generation students versus 20 percent of non-first-generation students.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Blogs “Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it “Summer melt" is a familiar challenge for enrollment and student success teams across the country. According to a survey conducted by EAB, 28% of first-generation students reported not feeling mentally prepared for college.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 Most of the enrollment that has been recovered at community colleges is through an uptick in dual enrollment.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Be sure to highlight features that most interest families, including information on job placement, internships, and career services. Insight #2: Mental health concerns are shaping Gen P’s college search.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The student receives credits for a college course, exemption from a required course, and/or advanced placement in the curriculum of a bachelor’s degree program. Students who score 50 or higher on exams have a higher rate of successful transfer from two-year to four-year colleges.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

My name is Paul Gunther, and I'm Principal Strategic Lead for Research Partner Success. How could we go about making certain that we were positioning that as something that was a springboard to their success and their futures, not something that was more of a hurdle to that success? That's the goal with all of the placements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

More specifically, the authors explain several problems/issues confronting Black male students in P-12 gifted and talented, advanced placement, and special education programs, along with the school-to-prison pipeline – inequitable discipline in the form of suspensions and expulsions. Hines and E.C. Fletcher (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

A new study by EAB highlights a trend among students who feel unsure about their commitment to college due to growing concerns about affordability, academic success, and mental health preparedness. First generation and lower-income students were hit particularly hard. So we're talking about a generation,” said Kutz.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The shoppers will check whether schools across all higher ed sectors are misleading students and families about credit transferability, job placement rates, and graduates’ future earning potential, among other concerns, according to a press release from the Department of Education. This is a real win for students,” he said. “As

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