Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Faculty can also bring the work and stories of undocumented immigrants into their curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Cardona spoke about his experience as an undergraduate student. Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. I also worked as a study consultant, where I was able to empower some of my peers by teaching them effective study strategies and time management scheduling.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Educate yourself on inclusive teaching practices and implement them in your classrooms. A study by Martínez et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Some of those institutions closed in an orderly fashion—students, faculty and staff were given ample warning, and arrangements for continuing a student’s education at another institution, teach-out plans, are made. But even with ample warning, school closures have a steep impact on student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

“During that time, I witnessed the [Women’s Center’s] first Kentucky Women’s Book Festival and had the chance to drive the late feminist scholar, bell hooks, back to her hotel after her presentation at the festival,” she says. They received their Doctor of Education in leadership from Spalding University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

she accepted a tenure-track position at Clemson University, quickly finding that female and minority students gravitated to her. Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

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Student Research Foundation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kirk Daulerio, Co-Founder, Mainstay, writing in Bridging the Gap: How can emerging technology chart pathways to completion for first-generation students?, Some findings include: First-generation students are less confident about attending college. points higher than non-first-generation students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola. The Hartford iteration of AMP’s goal is to start small with around 12 mentors for its first year, according to Rola.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

The panel explored what's possible with the technology and shared success stories. So it's imperative to explore how AI can accelerate teaching and learning." Disproportionately, these were students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds. I've heard it compared to a calculator, but for writing.

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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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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As a first-generation student who grew up in poverty, a scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend college and live an extraordinary life,” said Pérez. I’m thrilled to join the Scholarship America board and work toward ensuring all students have an opportunity to achieve their college dreams. He holds a B.S.

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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.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I think when people are planning to take on leadership roles, the decision to go to different institutions can be part of the growth that allows you to be more successful.” Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Terry O’Banion Community college students who are from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are first generation, and who have not been successful in high school are starving to death trying to find educational sustenance at the cafeteria curriculum.

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

This subset of Gen Z, they're really fascinating students, and of course, you already have some of these students on your campus. MR: So, first of all, everyone acknowledges that academic under preparation, which really is the result of learning loss from the set that. Could actually attach to. Did we exceed our goal?

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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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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. However, studies show that students who study abroad tend to experience positive academic, professional, and personal outcomes.

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

And I know you and I both have huge respect for these students. They are some of the hardest working and most persistent students. 29% of them are first-generation, 40% of all the black students in college in America go to community college, half of all the Hispanic students. music] 0:35:12.6

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