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From Port-au-Prince to Policy: A TRIO Upward Bound Journey of Service and Success

COE

I volunteered to speak to students in Ecuador, organized a book drive for underserved schools in Mexico, and helped create a State Department’s federal program to support first-generation college graduates in the United States and at our diplomatic missions abroad. Since 2014, I have served in various positions in the State Department.

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Gabrielle A. Davis: From Upward Bound Star to attorney

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As a result of her community involvement, she was named the 2014 Columbia County Young Person of the Year, the highest county youth accolade, and graduated as 2014 Upward Bound valedictorian. Click to view the page: How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate. by Maura Casey. by Maura Casey.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Note: This blog, adapted from the UIA's Annual Report , is the first of two highlighting our progress in 2022.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Note: This blog, adapted from the UIA's Annual Report , is the first of two highlighting our progress in 2022.

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

EAB

The large volume of commentary generated by the recent Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action, while undoubtedly helpful, important, and interesting, has understandably left some enrollment leaders overwhelmed. In 2014, lower courts ruled in the schools’ favor, finding that their policies complied with Supreme Court precedents.