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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Dr. Erik M. Chapter 12: Brown, D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a first-generation college student, she appreciated the process of education and embraced its transformative aspects. It generated excitement and investment in current programs, our students and scholarships,” she said. “We Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner, center, takes part in the 2014 Inaugural Bengals Dare to Care Day.

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Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report

The University Innovation Alliance

Our starting goal in 2014 was awarding an additional 68,000 undergraduate degrees above baseline over the next decade – a goal that our 11 founding institutions reached four years early with the graduating class of 2020. They mentor and supervise the UIA Fellows, convene campus student success teams, and ensure organizational accountability.

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

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I then went from TFA back to TRIO Upward Bound, where my mentor, Terri, who welcomed me into the program when I was 15, hired me to become the assistant director. Since 2014, I have served in various positions in the State Department. welcomes their perspectives. Faces of TRIO Collette Yellow Robe: From academic probation to Ph.D

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Navigating the Path to Student Success Through Essential Guidance and Support

Timely MD

I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. In 2014, the position was elevated to Associate Vice President for Student Success in Academic Affairs. I am deeply committed to serving college students.

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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. Find and share it via your podcast app! Each month we aggregate and share the best of what we've learned, heard, and read.