article thumbnail

Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) could update Titles III and V to better serve students of color and low-income students. That means centering their wellness, centering their development, centering their academic support and making sure that they are benefiting from the institutional designation.”

article thumbnail

CUNY Replaces Stand-Alone Traditional Remedial Courses with Corequisite Course Model

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matos Rodríguez Corequisite courses give students academic support to help them succeed; count toward degree requirements; and, unlike non-credit bearing remedial courses, count for academic credits. This leaves such students unable to make degree progress during that period. Dr. Félix V.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Alexander has seen a dip in low-income students applying as well as enrolling at colleges and universities.

Success 279
article thumbnail

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) supports first-generation, low-income students, 81% of whom are Latino, in overcoming social and economic barriers to higher education.

Retention 336
article thumbnail

Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students

COE

Targeting TRIO for complete elimination in its most recent budget proposal to Congress, the Trump Administration wrongly claimed that “access to college is no longer the barrier it once was for low-income students.”

article thumbnail

More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs

COE

Hamm Supporters of TRIO assembled on Capitol Hill in March during COE’s annual Legislative Conference. 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.