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. Since joining Lumina in 2008, she has served as a strategy officer, director of equity and inclusion, and director of impact and research.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Within the context of TRIO programs, this research will focus on identifying institutional assets and barriers affecting first-generation and low-income learners’ career growth and developing an evidence-based theoretical model toward increasing awareness about institutional capacity.

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Grant First generation Career services Facilitation 98

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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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Sharp cuts in state and federal funding, especially after the 2008 recession, led to a need to bring in more tuition revenue, and competition for enrollment has led schools to spend more on administration, services and amenities. The good news is that some states are beginning to reinvest in higher education.

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COE

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

After graduating high school in 2008, he cultivated his talents at the University of Monroe, Louisiana receiving a bachelor’s degree in mass communication in 2012. Click to view the page: How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate. by Maura Casey.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

In fact, many of today's students are a bit older, self-supporting (some with dependents), possibly first-generation and/or from underserved or marginalized communities, and lacking the experience or time to find the resources that might better ensure their academic success.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Number two, I’d served on that campus from 2008 until 2011 and loved it dearly. Number one, you get that call; you're going to say yes. We quickly found that it was far more severe than anyone realized, that Henderson was on the brink of closure. We got to work, and then COVID hit, and that exacerbated an already bad situation.

Higher education 64

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