Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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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. Page in a book published in 2010 concluded diversity created “better groups, firms, schools and societies.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. I'm a first-generation student. One of López’s examinations centered on media representation of the DREAM Act of 2010. 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

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. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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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. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Doing this right would result in more students returning for a second year, thus first-year retention became the first metric widely used to track student success. This gave rise to holistic advising practices that addressed academic, financial, and personal needs all at once.

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

The number of students at community colleges has fallen 37% since 2010, or by nearly 2.6 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. JM: We look at the world through the eyes of faculty, administrators and staff, and we forget.

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