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We Are All the Accumulation of the Dreams of Generations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He did not teach me to make a way for some of those who come after me. He did not teach me that people who have more money are more important or that it is acceptable for me to take what I need with no regard for the needs of others. Really, its that simple.

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an effort to fill critical openings, some schools have reduced the criteria needed to teach, including the requirement of a traditional teaching bachelors degree. Today, 61 percent of students entering our baccalaureate programs are first-generation and 41 percent are new to the community college system.

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Studying Racial Equity in Higher Education - Dr. Román Liera

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After sharing his feelings of not belonging with a Hispanic psychology professor, the professor introduced Liera to the McNair Scholars Program, a federally funded program that helps first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students prepare for graduate school and doctoral students.

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Black Women Navigating the Path to College Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was fortunate to meet Rosalyn Farrington, a Black feminist professor teaching in the Womens Studies Department and she introduced me to Audre Lordes The Master Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masters House. I began teaching College Success courses to first generation, low income, multicultural students.

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Digital Learning May Help Improve Outcomes Among the Under-Resourced Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Every Learner Everywhere Every Learner Everywhere is a network of organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, scaling, and measuring the efficacy of education technologies, curriculum and course design strategies, teaching practices, and support services in blended and online learning environments.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. That they have folks that look like them teaching at those four-year universities. In the 2022-23 academic year, the College Fund supported more than 4,000 Native American scholars in 43 states to attend 267 colleges and universities. That’s beyond the financial piece.

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Alabama A&M Launches Effort to Combat Racial STEM Teacher Gap

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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