Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

I also love how hes able to connect ideas from different areas in unexpected and nontrivial ways, says Cianciara, now a senior financial engineer at a firm on the East Coast.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. First generation college students are tasked with the tumultuous role of paving their own road. Dr. Jeremy C. There is no luck when it comes to academic success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Page has been lauded for her work, having been given the Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award in 2020 and recognized as one of Diverse’s 25 leading women in higher education in 2017. At Dillard, she oversaw the development of the school’s first online degree program and its Center for Racial Justice. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend. DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. Hall, a first-generation African American student at DFC. “It Staff were everywhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. The percentage of institutions self-reporting a “high” level of internationalization dropped 15 points, to only 11%. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Paul Sniegowski Since his appointment as dean in 2017, Sniegowski has been responsible for the direction of Penn’s liberal arts undergraduate curricula, programs and students in academic departments and interdisciplinary programs across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

for students who entered in 2017. These are mostly summer programs except for Pathways for Future Engineers, a multi-year program for first-generation students from the state of Virginia who are provided with experiential learning opportunities. The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. Fox acknowledges going coed, which happened in 2017, was not an easy process. Diversity and inclusivity are priorities for Fox. I also like breadth and depth,” Fox said.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For example, there is limited transparency on wealth outcomes for various student populations, including first-generation college students, such as myself, and little clarity on the repayment statuses and loan payment amount for students. Across the country, data on higher education outcomes is limited. and Hiler, T. New America.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

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. 2017, March 3). 10 EAB (2017). 2022, July 21). Alief I.S.D.

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COE

MARCH 14, 2023

Jarell Green: Nurse turned Education Advocate March 14, 2023 Jarell is a Counselor for the McNair and Student Support Services programs at the First-Generation Student Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Jarell Green is a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).

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COE

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

She joined the Student Support Services team as a writing advisor and academic tutor from 2017 to 2018, was named the TRIO Achiever in 2018, and was awarded the 2018 Helping Hands Award. Click to view the page: How TRIO Turned a Teen Dad into a First-Generation College Graduate. by Maura Casey.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

are pursuing an Associate’s Degree and the percentage of job openings that require a four-year degree declined from 51% in 2017 to 44% in 2021, the significance of community colleges in shaping the next generation of workers can’t be overstated. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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.

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COE

OCTOBER 30, 2023

National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8 October 30, 2023 — by Terrance L. Hamm Seventh annual celebration to highlight first-generation corporate leaders in virtual event on Thursday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 8.

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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.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Congress created the TRIO programs because it recognized that low-income, first-generation students often face significant financial and societal obstacles to accessing and achieving success in higher education. Furthermore, it aims to prevent a similar situation in 2017 when the U.S.

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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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