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APRIL 3, 2025

Launched in the Fall of 2024, GateWay Community Colleges highly anticipated RN-BSN program is an affordable option for prospective learners and current students looking for a stepping stone to further their education through our Maricopa Nursing programs. Rural areas, in particular, are feeling the strain on local healthcare.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Active Minds has had another successful internship semester with the 2024 Fall class, and as this intern cohort finishes up their semester with us, we want to take a moment to reflect on their incredible contributions to mental health advocacy. Free university education for all would be a relief for generations to come.

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

Active Minds is proud to introduce our 2024 Emerging Scholars Fellows! She is a first-generation Chinese immigrant, and she hopes to become a representative in helping destigmatize and bridge the gap between mental health and the Asian community. Learn more about the fellowship, as well as our 2024 Emerging Scholars, here.

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MARCH 6, 2025

She is an expert in contemporary American religion, especially related to religion in public institutions, religious diversity, religious and moral aspects of healthcare, and religion and immigration.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. She will succeed Dr. Suresh Garimella, who led UVM from 2019 until October 2024 when he became president of the University of Arizona.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

While overall first-year enrollment increased slightly by 0.8% in the 2024-25 academic year, matriculation rates among historically underrepresented groups showed significant declines. The number of military veterans entering medical school also dropped slightly, from 171 in 2023 to 166 in 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is projecting that 2,000 students will benefit from this program during the 2024-25 academic year. This is for individuals who have not already earned a bachelor’s degree.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

30, 2024, bringing an end to more than two decades at the helm. LeBlanc has announced that he will step down from the role on Jun. Dr. Paul LeBlanc During his tenure as SNHU’s fifth president, the school grew from 2,500 students to the largest nonprofit higher ed provider in the U.S., with more than 225,000 learners.

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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. colleges and universities, those of Mexican or Chicano descent constitute almost half (49%) of the population.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

itself following suit in 2024. As a first-generation American and the child of immigrants who came to the U.S. Priscilla Rodriguez Starting 2023, all SAT exams outside of the U.S. will use the digital format, with the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

First, Black and Hispanic students, on average, earn lower LSAT scores than their white and Asian peers. Meg Terrel, 28, from Houston, applied to law schools in February and is starting her first year at St. Second, they tend to apply for law school later in the rolling admissions cycle, after many spots have been filled. “If

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

Expanding Horizons: The 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders Program August 26, 2024 — by Terrance L. Hamm A group picture of participants from the 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders program with group leaders in the Netherlands. this summer. Hamm Click to view the page: Level Up: Unite Voices. Create Change. Create Change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

It is bestowed annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions with sustained commitments to diversity in higher education.

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MARCH 13, 2024

But experts said that these interruptions are already having a negative impact on the students who need financial aid the most: first generation students, students of color, and those from low-income backgrounds. The worst-case scenario, we expect less students to access and attain a critical postsecondary credential. “The

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MARCH 31, 2024

Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. Stout and Dr. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference. Community College of Aurora President Dr. Mordecai Brownlee with ATD President Dr. Karen A.

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JUNE 20, 2024

She also serves as a liaison between the undergraduate scholarship organizations, one of which is focused on first-generation college students, and upper leadership. Being a first-generation student, Mendoza acknowledges it took some time to gain the confidence to know she belongs in a doctoral program. “I

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Her research targets first-generation students, immigrant students, equity and diversity, higher education policy and governance, personnel development, and higher education finance. She oversees various WashU programs including its unified career center and its Center for Diversity & Inclusion.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Charles Alexander Dr. Charles J.

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MAY 22, 2024

Their new report, " Current Term Enrollment Estimates Spring 2024 ," shows that undergraduate enrollment grew 2.5% Spring enrollment numbers are looking up across the postsecondary sector, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which collects data from almost all U.S. institutions.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And the school is even “conservatively forecasting” a “break-even balanced budget for fiscal year 2024,” according to NJCU President Andrés Acebo. In the same month, the state appropriated about $10 million in funding for NJCU in its 2024 budget, according to ROI-NJ.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In the early aughts, Renick says, it was standard practice for student support programs to address equity gaps and low graduation or retention numbers through the creation of targeted programs, like initiatives for first-generation students, and African American male initiatives. NISS has raised graduation rates by an average of 4.5

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JUNE 20, 2024

As a first-generation college student himself, Delgado understands what it’s like to navigate entirely new experiences. He’s really engaged with a positive solution and making opportunities for other people,” says Daly. That’s part of his practice in his discipline, reaching other people, finding ways to support them.

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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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APRIL 4, 2024

But according to experts, these setbacks are already having negative effects on first-generation students, students of color, and those from low-income backgrounds, possibly resulting in some opting out of college altogether.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Missouri State News Celebrate Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! November 4-8 is Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! Next week is a busy week!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

This strategy is designed to point to student success, especially for Black, brown, queer, disabled, first-generation, nontraditional, and economically vulnerable students who are invested in gender equity. We even honored our beloved late Breonna Taylor with the award.”

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JUNE 20, 2024

Lord brings her background as a low-income, first-generation student with her in all her research and work. Students use social media to find organizations and events happening on campus, which contributes to their sense of belonging and their overall retention. It’s a way for students to stay connected, says Lord.

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MAY 2, 2024

That quote, inspired by famed civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, comes from an open letter sent on April 16, 2024 to Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, president of The Pennsylvania State University. “We “We protest. We are sick. We are tired. Still, we protest.” I have not met very many Black faculty with a sense of belonging at Penn State.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Henry Bonilla Honored with 2024 COE Lifetime TRIO Achievement Award September 11, 2024 — by Terrance L. At the Educational Opportunity Dinner on September 10, 2024, in New York City, former U.S. At the Educational Opportunity Dinner on September 10, 2024, in New York City, former U.S. Hamm Click to view the page: U.S.

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COE

JULY 9, 2024

Balancing Acts: 2024 Wolanin Intern and Mother of Four Recalls Her Journey to Capitol Hill July 10, 2024 — by Ni”Aisha Banks Thomas R. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 30, 2024. Wolanin intern, Ni’Aisha Banks on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. I applied for the Thomas R. Wolanin Congressional Internship.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Three TRIO Leaders Honored with the 2024 Walter O. Award for Exceptional Contributions to Educational Opportunity September 10, 2024 — by Terrance L. On Monday, September 9, at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s Annual Conference in New York City, three distinguished TRIO professionals were honored with the 2024 Walter O.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 9, 2024

A Soft Launch of This Year’s Financial Aid Application is Causing Frustration For months, parents, students, and financial aid experts alike have been waiting for the 2024-2025 FAFSA to go live. Right now, the best thing families and students can do is finish filing their FAFSA for the 2024-2025 year. There are still too many unknowns.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Practitioners and advocates can submit comments to the Department by May 28, 2024. Read more about the day’s conversations and speakers, and watch the recording here. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona didn’t always know where to turn for help in college. “It

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