Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

Latino students are making pragmatic financial choices to pay for their education, and institutions are increasingly responding with tailored support, according to a comprehensive new report released today by Excelencia in Education. Brown, President of Excelencia in Education, in the report's foreword.

Financial aid

Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. As a first-generation undocumented immigrant and the president of the CCNY Dream Team, Juky is passionate about advocating for marginalized communities, particularly undocumented and BIPOC students.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

It's about equipping institutions with the tools to drive change on their campuses, fostering cross-campus collaboration, and ensuring that HBCUs are setting an agenda for higher education innovation, not just responding to it. HBCUs have always been innovating for generations. Were shaping it.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

Wilks, who brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education leadershipprimarily at Historically Black Colleges and Universitieswill officially begin her tenure on June 1, 2025. A first-generation college graduate, Wilks earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina A&T State University and a Ph.D.

First generation

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. As a first-generation undocumented immigrant and the president of the CCNY Dream Team, Juky is passionate about advocating for marginalized communities, particularly undocumented and BIPOC students.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

A first-generation college and law graduate, and lawyer herself, Mitchells leadership and vision inspire law school aspirants to see the challenging path to becoming lawyers as an achievable dream - reminding them of the "seeds of greatness" inside and their social responsibility to pay it forward.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

high school GPA and complete their FAFSA and college application by May 1, 2025, for enrollment in Fall 2025. The initiative builds on Elms College's Catholic social justice mission and aims to expand educational opportunities in Western Massachusetts. To qualify, incoming freshmen must maintain a minimum 3.5

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

a nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA, which served as a strategic partner to the Atlanta Public School District as well as hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation to increase the number of low-income, first generation, Atlanta students of color graduating from high school and college.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In May of 1985 before he died in November of that year, he shed tears as he watched me walk across the stage a college graduate, a first-generation student literally willed into existence by my family that did not even know the meaning of that term. Later, my sister became a college graduate as well and an elementary school teacher.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

The panelists also highlighted the impact of Project 2025 and the potential shift of federal loan programs to the Treasury Department, which could change loan processes, interest rates, and repayment structures. It would really impact our underserved communities, low-income students, and first-generation college students, she said.

Education

COE

MAY 2, 2025

Council for Opportunity in Education Condemns President Trumps Proposal to Eliminate Federal TRIO Programs May 2, 2025 by Terrance L. This proposal is a direct attack on students who dare to dream of college in the face of adversity, said Kimberly Jones , President of the Council for Opportunity in Education. this summer.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2025

Students of color are more likely than white students to use social media for college research, and first-generation college students show greater openness to college outreach through social media platforms. The research also highlighted significant demographic differences in college search behavior.

Mental health

COE

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.

First generation

COE

JULY 9, 2025

Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO’s Defiance July 9, 2025 — by Arnold L. When the Higher Education Act faced its deepest cuts in February 1986, it would have been easy for us to descend into mourning. I’m forever grateful that U.S. this summer.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. As the sector awaits federal guidance set by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education, questions are swirling regarding how institutions of higher education approach student access, support, and belonging.

Higher education

COE

JUNE 3, 2025

More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs June 3, 2025 by Terrance L. As a first-generation college student from a low-income family in Eastern Kentucky Appalachia, I needed TRIO to prepare me for higher education, said TRIO Upward Bound and Student Support Services alumnus Charles Hargis.

First generation

COE

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.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

When I heard about it, I said, Well, thats nice, but I had no idea that somebody thought I should become a recipient, says Gates, who is the 2025 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin award, presented by Diverse. Im the first person in my family to go to college. My dad never had the opportunity to go to college.

Mathematics

COE

JULY 8, 2025

TRIO in the News, Summer 2025 July 8, 2025 — by Terrance L. 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).

First generation

COE

JULY 10, 2025

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients July 10, 2025 — by Terrance L. Hamm These five outstanding alumni of the Federal TRIO Programs will be celebrated at the Council’s Educational Opportunity Dinner on Tuesday, September 9, in Chicago. WASHINGTON, D.C.

Education

NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 8, 2025

The Common App opened the 2025-2026 application season with new equity-driven features, including a required question on student responsibilities outside school, expanded direct admission, and improved scholarship notifications for first-generation and low-income students. The House will take up its version after the recess.

Title IV

COE

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. Eligible institutions, whether currently funded by SSS or with a history of SSS programming, are invited to apply by October 15, 2025.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Our higher education institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab, is providing faculty, staff and managers with actionable strategies to address college students’ basic needs. “How the new majority of students attends and experiences higher education is poorly understood by the American public and constantly given short shrift by mainstream media,” said Goldrick-Rab.

Curriculum

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.

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Academic Advancement Program AAP is rooted in the purpose of public education, notes Alexander.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The goal is outlined in NJIT’s 2025 strategic plan that aims, in part, to better served its home city of Newark, New Jersey, and the nation. It also reaffirms our commitment to diversify our student body and deliver a holistic education that creates economic opportunity for all of our graduates, particularly first-generation students.”

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. Her upcoming book, John Doe China Man , is set to come out in Fall 2025, this time giving readers a look at the racial laws that were used to police and regulate Chinese Americans and residents already in the U.S.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

in educational leadership, enabling her to deepen her impact by developing innovative strategies to improve access, equity, and success in higher education. I was a first-generation college student, neither of my parents went to college, she says. This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.

Equity

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. This was to be accomplished by the year 2025. “We

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

NJCU hands thousands of first-generation students a valuable diploma and gives them a shot at a secure, middle-class life—and we are proud that legacy is, for now, secure.” And just this month, the school announced its first academic master plan. We will be poised to enter 2025 in a much stronger position,” Acebo said. “[We

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. Her upcoming book, John Doe China Man , is set to come out in Fall 2025, this time giving readers a look at the racial laws that were used to police and regulate Chinese Americans and residents already in the U.S.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Achieving HSI status Larry Eby Larry Eby, executive director of advancement at Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) in Delaware, said several years ago the college’s admissions office saw there was a rising number of Hispanic students pursuing higher education. Most recently, the university has developed its first-generation center.

Tutoring

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 –. And now, as Co-Chairs, we are honored to be here to help you reach your goal of becoming a first-generation college graduate ! SAVE THE DATE!

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

In explaining the decision, Lafayette’s president Nicole Hurd noted that first-generation and low-income students often have challenges amassing a high number of activities, and are unaware that valuable experiences like caregiving or working can be listed.

Low income student