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high blood pressure, fatigue, and headaches), subsequently, impacting educational success and positive health outcomes for racially minoritized students (Smith et al., Additional mentorship efforts can include pairing students with mentors of the same sex, race, or ethnicity who regularly meet with to provide support/guidance and modeling.

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In a timely publication released Thursday, education experts outline concrete strategies to support Black student success in college amid growing national pressures on diversity initiatives and following the 2023 Supreme Court decision limiting race-conscious admissions.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

That said, VP Harris has been an influential and successful voice for HBCUs in the Biden Administration. Yet, while 64 nonprofit and for-profit colleges closed between 2020 and 2023, exacerbated by the pandemic and long-term enrollment declines, only four of these closures were HBCUs. There are 101 HBCUs in operation across the U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

Stay persistent, stay grounded and always leave the door open for others to follow.Career mentors: Dr. Thomasina Lott Adams, University of Florida; Dr. Bianca Montrosse Moorhead, University of Connecticut; Dr. Walter Lana Leite, University of Florida Education: B.S., Special Education, Winthrop University; M.S.

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MAY 2, 2025

As recently as 2023, students from the highest income quartile earned college degrees at a rate more than four times that of students from the lowest income quartile (62% vs. 15%). Its not enough to provide financial aidstudents also need academic guidance, mentoring, and personalized advising to stay on track.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

I think thats the biggest thing, says Ford, who is now a McNair Scholars advisor and the inaugural director and creator of The Center for Black Men Success at Greensboro. Fords work includes Engaging Black Men in College Through Leadership Learning , a 2023 volume that Ford co-edited with Dr. Cameron C.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The announcement marks a significant milestone in collegiate sports diversity and follows three successful seasons as a club sport at the New Orleans institution. Olympic rower David Banks and rowing pioneer Arshay Cooper are among those who have visited campus to mentor and inspire student athletes.

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JULY 9, 2025

Mason Awards Blog Long-Time TRIO Professionals Honored with 2023 Walter O. Representative Steven Horsford’s Inspirational Journey Blog From TRIO to the Halls of Congress: U.S. ” Blog Young Doctors Project Hosts 11th Annual White Coat Ceremony: “I kept him alive long enough for him to have a chance to live.”

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MAY 13, 2025

San Antonio College a large, two-year public college in Walnut, California students regularly credit a program called ARISE with providing peer mentors, culturally relevant courses and a sense of community. Student Angelyca Sarrol says the program has given her a place to focus on my studies while also learning more about my culture.

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JUNE 3, 2025

territories called on Congress to reject the proposed cuts and reaffirm its commitment to college access and success for low-income, first-generation students. In the powerful letter sent to congressional appropriations leadership, TRIO alumni from every state and several U.S.

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JUNE 11, 2025

Despite decades of proven success in expanding college access and economic mobility for low-income and first-generation students, the federal TRIO programs now face elimination in the President’s budget—prompting over 10,000 alumni to urge Congress to protect this vital engine of opportunity.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

Stay persistent, stay grounded and always leave the door open for others to follow.Career mentors: Dr. Thomasina Lott Adams, University of Florida; Dr. Bianca Montrosse Moorhead, University of Connecticut; Dr. Walter Lana Leite, University of Florida Education: B.S., Special Education, Winthrop University; M.S.

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JULY 8, 2025

Representative Steven Horsford’s Inspirational Journey Blog From TRIO to the Halls of Congress: U.S.

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JULY 10, 2025

McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, Educational Opportunity Centers, and Veterans Upward Bound—who have overcome adversity to achieve remarkable success and significantly contribute to their professions and communities. The honorees will be recognized during COE’s 2025 Educational Opportunity Dinner in Chicago on Tuesday, September 9.

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JULY 15, 2025

Hamm COE is inviting community colleges—with or without a current SSS program—to apply for the inaugural COE Award for Institutional Effectiveness, which will bestow $10,000 each on three campuses that have successfully embedded TRIO Student Support Services practices into their wider student success strategies. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

He spearheaded a 40 percent enrollment increase, bringing the student body to 4,000, while simultaneously launching innovative student success initiatives. The initiative's success earned the 2023 Exemplary Model Award from the American Association of University Administrators.

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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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AUGUST 15, 2024

Notably, Bowie State University is the only historically Black university to have received the grant in 2023, marking an historic achievement and presenting as a beacon of hope for inclusive and equitable education. This demonstrates the positive outcomes resulting from the support and mentoring provided by the project.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Throughout the 2022-2023 academic year the scholars in their respective Higher Education Administration/Student Affairs master’s programs will fully emerge in their academic programs along with professional development, mentoring, and a research study on graduate student identity and The Black Lives Matter movement.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Fogarty, who retired in 2023. Littles, who has served as interim dean since February 2023, served as a senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs for nearly 20 years. I see teaching and mentoring as an essential part of being a physician,” said Littles. “New

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APRIL 26, 2024

Robinson also has proven his skills as a student and as a community member, founding the Darius Robinson Helping Hands Foundation in the fall of 2023. Among his football honors, Robinson was named All-SEC and AP SEC First Team in 2023 and was twice recognized as SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week. Male Sports Scholar of the Year. “He

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JANUARY 17, 2024

educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Another is “Culturally Responsive Mentoring: a Psychosociocultural Perspective on Sustaining Students of Color Career Aspirations in STEM,” which she is co-authoring.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Such requirements include efforts such as mentoring and support programs; assessments of prior learning that gives academic credit to veterans for training and experience from military service; annual surveys of student veterans’ perspectives and needs; and special orientation programs. It is an honor to have veterans at our institutions.

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MAY 31, 2023

The National Girls Collaborative Project’s 2023 “State of Girls and Women in STEM” report revealed much of the same. In March, we launched a special campaign geared towards women that featured female alumni speaking about their decision to study engineering and the success they have experienced as engineers.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Accelerated Pathway Program, immersing himself in a rich environment filled with mentors and testimonials from current medical students and doctors. During the spring semester of 2023, he maintained a rigorous study schedule, dedicating 2 to 3 hours each night to MCAT preparation.

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APRIL 3, 2023

But other than in our jazz program, we have not been successful in that area.” Based on her extensive years in university leadership, Montgomery suggested that younger people look for mentors in many places, of many kinds. There are many different types of mentors,” Montgomery said. “I Her term ends Aug.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. The three of them have just been the types of mentors and models that I aspire to be,” says Kinloch.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith was recently named guest editor for the summer 2023 issue of New Directions for Community Colleges, which will focus on urban community colleges. He says he sees himself as an advocate, using his work to advocate for students and better policies that advance higher education and increase student success.

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JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

With enrollment hovering at 13,885 as of fall 2023, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T has hosted six successful national conferences to address current and emerging environmental issues and solutions, and foster relationships that result in partnerships to protect and sustain the environment.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

University of Maryland Career mentors: Claudia Coen, Irby Lovette, John Hermanson, and Dan Riskin, all at Cornell University; Brock Fenton, Western University; Jerry Wilkinson, University of Maryland; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Damien Farine Jr., Cornell University; M.S., University of Western Ontario; and Ph.D.,

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JANUARY 12, 2023

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 American College Presidents Study (ACPS) was released with sadly predictable results. How did this small percentage of Black administrators facilitate their success against the odds? Black university leaders had a deep desire to serve as the mentors and role models that many of them never had. More than 80% were white.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

applied behavior analysis, Institute of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Endicott College; and postdoctoral fellow, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Career mentors: Dr. Caio Miguel, California State University, Sacramento, and Dr. Michael F. psychology, California State University, Sacramento; M.A.,

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APRIL 5, 2024

The 2023-24 school year saw 12 pilot initiatives implemented, Oviedo says. Two of the ongoing initiatives were Hostos’s Research Center and its Mentor/Mentee Jobs on Campus program. The mentors] ensure that students are on-track academically, and also provide students with guidance and career development supports.”

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We’re proud to announce and congratulate the recipients of the 2023 Dr. Irving Fradkin Legacy Awards: Burlington-Edison Alumni Foundation Dollars for Scholars , Washington: $15,000 Student Support Award, to initiate or expand support beyond scholarships.

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