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How to Move Latinx Students into High-Paying Jobs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinx people accounted for over 50% of the U.S. She said that many first-generation, Latinx students do not have the tacit knowledge of the professional ecosystem and the steps and connections it might take to become employed. population growth. Currently, one fifth of the U.S.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I'm a first-generation student. One of López’s examinations centered on media representation of the DREAM Act of 2010. As an undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin, she worked with fellow classmates and friends to mentor middle school and high school students throughout Texas. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

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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Isabel Wilkerson’s Powerful Address on America’s Caste System Opens the 2023 COE Annual Conference

COE

Wilkerson wrote The New York Times bestselling book, “ The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration ,” which was published in 2010. Her 2020 book, “ Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent ,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. Both texts were the subject of her keynote speech.

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Gabrielle A. Davis: From Upward Bound Star to attorney

COE

From the inception of her Upward Bound -Magnolia career, starting in 2010, Gabrielle was fully invested in TRIO. Click to view the page: How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate. Blog How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate. by Maura Casey.

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How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines

EAB

percent since 2010, college-going rates declined by 5.4 11 Engage Families: During the pandemic, students relied more on their families when making decisions about college, but first-generation students were 23 percent less likely than successive-generation students to name their families as a top resource.