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

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. 58% of students are first-generation college, 68% identified as low-income, 63% attend college part-time and 73% work while attending college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“I kind of defied them a little bit and said, ‘I want to help with peoples’ mental health and talk a little bit about how maybe bullying or trauma or domestic abuse can also impact their actual health, in addition to their physical health,’” says Mendoza, a first-generation Filipino immigrant who came to the U.S. I love my teaching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb.

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The LTC Blog

MARCH 31, 2017

In addition, Abigail Dan, a doctoral student at UBC, wrote an excellent, and widely circulated, blog post with five practical suggestions for those teaching first generation students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Marta Yera Cronin will become president of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), making her the second woman and the first Latina to lead the school. Dr. Marta Cronin Cronin – a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents – is currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The University of Florida is an elite institution because of our incredible faculty who are committed to teaching, discovering, and serving," the memo added. "The University of Florida is--and will always be--unwavering in our commitment to university human dignity," the memo read. "

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Jessica Berg “The School of Law and overall university’s commitment to serving first-generation students, to social justice, and to academic and scholarly excellence all attracted me to this position,” she said. Her transdisciplinary, open approach to teaching and scholarship beautifully fits our campus culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. Community colleges, as for their students, can be smart career choices for faculty who are most interested in teaching and student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. from Stanford University, she now teaches the kind of information that she always wanted to learn.

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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. Chang shares.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

I was a first-generation college student, neither of my parents went to college, she says. Reflecting on her teaching experiences, she now aims to focus her research on addressing key issues in medical education and evaluating the impact of her work on students and the broader medical school environment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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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. She then offers a series of recommendations that other schools can take to improve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2025

She embodies resilience, teaching me what it means to push forward in the face of adversity. As a first-generation college student, I was motivated by myparents sacrifices and a deep desire to make them proud.To He led with his heart, always encouraging me to dream big, take risks, and believe in myself.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

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. I can relate to some of those fears and unknowns as a first-generation student when you just don’t know what you don’t know. “And

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. I'm a first-generation student. Through and through. Dr. Ruth M. Dr. Ruth M. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

For first-generation students and those from diverse backgrounds, the college experience builds confidence and self-esteem. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. This journey will extend far beyond job opportunities and finding a place in the workforce. Dr. Merrill L Irving Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

First-generation students are less likely to earn over $50,000 after graduation, and Black graduates are the least likely to experience both economic and noneconomic benefits after acquiring these skills. “But We’re not very good at teaching our learners they’re making progress.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. Lord brings her background as a low-income, first-generation student with her in all her research and work. It’s a way for students to stay connected, says Lord.

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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. “We

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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

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

AUGUST 26, 2024

This shift in focus requires a commitment to first generation college students, equity, and inclusion. Teach me and I remember. Colleges must recognize that every person has the potential to succeed, but not every student starts from the same place. Do we know it? Tell me and I forget.

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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.

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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 sometimes institutions experience an abrupt closure, where students, faculty and staff receive little to no warning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Relying on partnerships with universities in China, Rutgers created quasi-satellite campuses , teaching the students in a hybrid format: half in-person with English-speaking faculty and half-online, in recitation sessions with students in America. This allowed for a level of internationalization that otherwise would not have been possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Disparate voices, opinions, and teachings blended in one campus environment designed to help students learn, think independently, and grow.

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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

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. from Stanford University, she now teaches the kind of information that she always wanted to learn.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Self-guided” programs offered digital resources – videos, coursework, and modules – to help teach users coping skills and to help them deal with issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, and sleep problems. Multi-component” programs offered such resources as well, in addition to providing support from counselors and other people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For Latine learners, who face barriers such as financial challenges, limited academic preparation, lack of institutional representation, navigational difficulties as first-generation students, and work and family responsibilities, a differentiated coaching approach enhances academic success while fostering a sense of belonging and empowerment.

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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. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

And throughout his teaching career, he has encouraged his students to study abroad. “Dr. That meant expanding the base of opportunity to students of color, to non-traditional students, to first-generation students, to students for whom study abroad was not considered a possibility financially.”

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

Learn more about our 2024 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research: Denisse Aguilar Michel Mental Health of College Students: Lasting Impact of Covid-19 Denisse Aguilar is a first-generation immigrant and undergraduate student at Goshen College, double majoring in psychology and sociology with a concentration in women’s studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

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.” Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising.

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