Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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MAY 2, 2025

Hamm President Trumps newly released 2026 budget proposes the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs, which have helped millions of low-income, first-generation students – including veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities – succeed in higher education for over 60 years.

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JULY 24, 2025

TRIO Future Leaders Summit Ignites Passion and Purpose in First-Generation Students Nationwide July 24, 2025 — by Terrance L. Hamm As TRIO programs face mounting political threats, the stories and strength displayed at the Future Leaders Summit are a timely reminder: investment in potential pays dividends for generations.

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JULY 9, 2025

Instead, with the vision of celebrating our students’ resilience, we assembled before the Lincoln Memorial on what became our very first National TRIO Day. We had learned that the House was moving to eliminate our Student Support Services program at the very moment we were gaining momentum nationwide.

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JUNE 3, 2025

The Trump Administrations claim that access is no longer an obstacle for low-income students is flatly contradicted by data and by the lived experience of more than 6 million TRIO alumni. Talent Search students are 33% more likely to enroll in college than those from the bottom income quartile.

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JUNE 11, 2025

Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students June 11, 2025 — by Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D. America loves to celebrate its “firsts”— first generation college students, first generation professionals, the first person in a family to break a cycle of poverty.

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JULY 8, 2025

billion in federal TRIO funding—citing concerns over performance measures and accountability—even as TRIO programs currently serve roughly 870,000 low-income, first-generation, and disabled students nationwide (about 17,500 in Colorado). Hamm The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 “skinny” budget proposes eliminating all $1.2

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JULY 10, 2025

This prestigious award recognizes alumni of the Federal TRIO Programs—namely, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math-Science, Talent Search, Student Support Services, Ronald E. They represent what’s possible when we give students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds a real opportunity to thrive.”

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JULY 15, 2025

The Council for Opportunity in Education Launches Inaugural Award for Institutional Effectiveness to Scale TRIO Student Support Services Practices Campus-Wide July 15, 2025 — by Terrance L. million students nationwide,” said COE President Kimberly Jones. “By WASHINGTON, D.C. A landmark 2019 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Of the Latino students in U.S. The vast majority of these students are citizens of the U.S. (90%),

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. The total student loan debt reached $1.75 With President Biden’s signature on Dec. Federal Reserve. “On

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Graduate school first-time enrollment has gone up between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, according to a new report. Dr. Enyu Zhou The Graduate Enrollment and Degrees (GE&D) report – released by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) – showed that, between Fall 2020 to Fall 2021, first-time enrollment rose by 8.9%.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 30, 2024

The data indicate that considering legacy status when making admissions decisions is associated with decreased college access for Black and Hispanic students, as well as for students living with low incomes. considered legacy status during the 2021-2022 academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 2.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

population is Latinx, and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Latinx workers made up 66% of the workforce in 2021. Deborah Santiago, CEO and co-founder of Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and success of Latinx students in higher education. population growth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% increase). "In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. law students and applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“I kind of defied them a little bit and said, ‘I want to help with peoples’ mental health and talk a little bit about how maybe bullying or trauma or domestic abuse can also impact their actual health, in addition to their physical health,’” says Mendoza, a first-generation Filipino immigrant who came to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Salovey will not depart from Yale entirely.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Department of Education Hispanic serving institution (HSI) designation in 2016; received the Seal of Excelencia certification in 2021; created the Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement; developed the Engineering Technology/Cyber Security Research Center; and established the Institute for Autism and Related Disorders. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. We are around 83% students of color. totaled 62.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Since then, the recipient institutions have put their gifts of millions of dollars to use in several ways, seeking to enhance what they offer to the many – and often underprivileged – students that they serve. Many reported that this trust significantly increased the impact of the gift.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

We are asking today’s college students to go a long way to become the leaders the world needs. And they are necessary as we work to prepare and inspire students to be active participants in our democracy. We must set an example for the students we serve. Dr. Lori S. At DePauw University, freedom of expression is a focus.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A message from the First-Generation Student Working Group Co-Chairs, Christabelle Dragoo and Angela Rovak. Dear First-Generation Students, Faculty, and Staff –. Welcome to the start of Fall 2021! Later in the week, specialized workshops and events for first-generation students will be held on campus.

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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. Internationalization means far more than study abroad programs and foreign exchange students. Some of them wanted to stay.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. Data was obtained on the choices of almost 32,000 students. As might be expected, receiving a near-automatic acceptance from a college made students likelier to follow up. points likelier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher Education and Student Affairs Education:   M.Ed., Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, University of Southern California; M.A., Gonzalez Institution:   Claremont Graduate University Graduate Program:   Ph.D., Applied Gender Studies, Claremont Graduate University B.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., 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. Means was also a 2021 Richard P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Gary King, professor of biobehavioral health and African American studies at Penn State, and one of the members of the Committee of Black Scholars, which includes faculty and graduate students at the public state institution. Racism came from administrators, colleagues, and even students. Dr. Marcus A. Many feel quite alienated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

The course of Carlos Galan’s academic career was changed by a single question from a high school student. It was 2021, and Galan was working in a summer bridge program, supporting teenagers who were applying to college. I cannot believe everyone is white,” the student said. students. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Mike Rose, University of California, Los Angeles The course of Carlos Galan’s academic career was changed by a single question from a high school student. It was 2021, and Galan was working in a summer bridge program, supporting teenagers who were applying to college. I cannot believe everyone is white,” the student said.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas August 14, 2023 — by Holly Hexter, Neve Dole B Ashley Thomas spearheaded a strategic collaboration bridging TRIO Programs with Thermo Fisher Scientific. ” Of the outreach, she says, “I just want to make sure it keeps growing.” 

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. The other part is increasing the number of student majors through being more active on campus. Canton says he will assign his students to create a podcast on a topic from the class. Dr. David A.

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