IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services. Peer-to-peer connections and thoughtful advising have been instrumental in helping me navigate those challenges with confidence and resilience.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

With the $30 million gift came no advised direction, restrictions, nor stipulations, Boekelheide says, calling Scott’s donation a “windfall” and a “vote of confidence” in what PCC was doing. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. Likewise, Renton Technical College devoted $1.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The University of Arizona is the first four-year public institution in the state to be federally recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico I'm a first-generation student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Most of Compton's Black students are first-generation and from households where the adults are paid low wages. It means the institution changes how we develop faculty and advise students – where all 6,662 Compton college students benefit. Compton is an unabashedly proud Black-serving institution. What do I mean by Black-serving?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“If colleges of engineering, colleges of science, and quite frankly non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) academic units would build the infrastructure that CEED has, they, too, would see an increase in the achievement, success, graduation, and graduate enrollment for first-generation and underrepresented students.”

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. Proactive Advising. Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ICYMI: TRIO programs are Federal outreach and student services grant programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Share our upcoming First Generation Leadership Training with your students! Read more about TRIO Day here. Know a student who could benefit from our services?

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Dr. Renick recently joined our panel discussion on the future of academic advising , hosted by the UIA and The Chronicle of Higher Education , during which he spoke about how academic advising has changed from a casual add-on to a necessary support for a very different generation of students. Thu, 08/11/2022 - 06:00.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Through completion grants and hold reform, they removed the obstacles that hindered students' progress and enabled them to succeed. Generate Quick Wins By piloting completion grants and initiating hold reform, UWM achieved quick wins that demonstrated the effectiveness of their approach.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years. We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. Four new universities joined the UIA, bringing fresh energy and ideas. Find and share it via your podcast app!

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. Or a counselor to say, "Hey, what should I do about college advising?",

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years. We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. Four new universities joined the UIA, bringing fresh energy and ideas. Find and share it via your podcast app!

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As covered in Inside Higher Ed : “One particularly troubling enrollment trend exacerbated by the pandemic … is the decline of underrepresented groups—specifically Black, first-generation and low-income students. Institutional and outside emergency grants , to help when students face sudden and unexpected financial setbacks.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

UIA institutions are deeply committed to producing more low-income graduates, first generation graduates, and graduates of color across the country, and their efforts are paying off. Our most popular were Logic Models for Program Design and the Future of Advising. Learn more about joining the Lab.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

We asked Chancellor Larive her thoughts about keeping people engaged, focused on what they have to do today, and hopeful about what's ahead, and she spoke about the transformational power of higher education: "Higher education changed my life from a low-income, first-generation college student. We do that every day at universities.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising. On May 26, 2022, in connection with a panel discussion about the future of academic advising , we were honored to speak with Arne Duncan, the former U.S. He assured us that the program was just a first step toward what still needs to be done. First in the World Award.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So I'm curious what it looked like as you were working with your board of directors and other key stakeholders to convince them that launching a program of this magnitude was not only possible but advisable. We know that a lot of our students, well, a lot of them are first generation, a lot of them are Pell eligible.

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COE

JULY 17, 2023

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, announced today the appointment of Aaron Brown, Ph.D., WASHINGTON, D.C. as its new executive vice president.

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COE

JULY 12, 2024

Hamm As more first-generation college students enroll in higher education, this course becomes not just timely but essential, highlighting the growing need for support and guidance in their educational journeys. . — Developing a list of campus or organizational resources that support first-generation college students’ success.

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COE

AUGUST 9, 2024

These programs provide educational support to students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds, helping them to succeed in higher education and beyond. FLi Sci’s mission is to empower first-generation or low-income (FLi) students of color to pursue careers in science and medicine.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Some state grant programs have deadlines as early as February 1, so the later the FAFSA is available, the less time students have to apply. Eddy Conroy, an expert on education policy, has written that “ My biggest concern is for students, especially marginalized and first-generation students, who might need help completing their FAFSA.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

The recent cancellation of critical postsecondary studies conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will have dire effects on our understanding of the realities of todays college students especially those who are veterans, parents, working, or first-generation.

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COE

JUNE 3, 2025

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. TRIO is not just a programit is a movement of resilience, potential, and hope, said Jones. this summer.

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COE

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. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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