Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 24, 2023
I'm a former foster child, and I'm a student who struggled with food insecurities and housing insecurities, and I'm a first-generation college student, but I went to Sac State and it was an environment where I had mentors and people who supported me, and programs and services that I benefited from,” Wood said in an interview with Diverse.
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. We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. Natacha DePaola, professor of Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Tech.
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COE
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
In 2011, Christina Westbrook was hit by a car during her first semester as a transfer student at Illinois State University. Not only was she still adjusting to a new environment, but she was also navigating college as a first-generation student. Blog How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate.
The LTC Blog
AUGUST 27, 2017
Employ social-psychological interventions to help students manage academic setbacks and address concerns about belonging : (From Yeager & Walton “Social-psychological interventions in education: They’re not magic”, Review of Educational Research 2011 ).
COE
MAY 10, 2024
The new report also highlights disparities in degree completion rates based on socioeconomic status, with first-generation and low-income students facing significant barriers to persistence and graduation. the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico. Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.
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