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Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

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million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. The funding will allow for the hiring of four new student support advocates, who will offer dedicated attention and guidance to these students as they pursue their degrees.

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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

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“If we train mentors to know about the resources on campus, know about housing, life, and other offices, then they can give that information to their mentees. Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective, said peer mentorship works. “It Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective.

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Fostering Success

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The tutoring and academic counseling were crucial to her success. When you create an atmosphere and an environment where students feel supported, they see people like themselves working in those environments. “We Then, you see the successes.” Alexander is studying the success and impact of various programs within AAP.

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Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

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And he is doing his part as director of policy and advocacy in California at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent, nonprofit research and policy organization. He combines passion, knowledge, and charisma to persuade policy makers to do the right thing for low-income students.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students.

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Honoring a Father's Diversity Legacy in Higher Ed

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Gerardo de los Santos said his father mentored numerous individuals and pushed them to get their doctorates. Very few students who were in remedial courses made it to a freshman or sophomore course. While he was integral to serving Latinx people in higher education, de los Santos’ scope was more expansive. “He

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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