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. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Charles Alexander Dr. Charles J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

She said that many first-generation, Latinx students do not have the tacit knowledge of the professional ecosystem and the steps and connections it might take to become employed. Every student is assigned a success coach that helps on their academic journey and life issues like transportation, child care, or mental health,” said Lonon.

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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. So, many of our students come to us – they’re first-time students, first-generation, working full-time, parenting.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Approximately 70% of Pueblo’s students are part-time, and 34% are first-generation. 34% are first-generation. First, they created clearer advising processes powered by Navigate. They also leveraged Navigate’s student app to engage students throughout the advising process. Quick Facts. The Challenge.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. There are a lot more behavioral and mental health issues, a lot more concerns about isolation. A first-generation college graduate, she earned her B.A.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. We have another organization on campus that works with first generation students. I teach with a NFL football player named Brandon Copeland.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

So to your point, the non-academic students supports, the mental health students supports, investing in social workers that are on campus, investing in basic needs, making investments in customer service, overall, how do we interact with students on a kind of on a frontline level? So I think that advising piece is really important.

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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. Secretary of Education. Graduation.

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

They're actually super dependent on what other people think and how other people are advising them, and of course their parents and family supporters are their most trusted advisors. As a student, I took some time off and I really needed to take that time off for my own mental health. But I have come to appreciate that.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lineage C: Next-generation advising First-year experience programs precipitated a build-out of professional advising staff assigned to first-year and undeclared students. This gave rise to holistic advising practices that addressed academic, financial, and personal needs all at once.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

BIPOC and first-generation students). Yet, students often see advising sessions as transactional activities synonymous with “course registration” and have inconsistent experiences due to the lack of overall structure. Reorganize advising so that each advisor is assigned to one of these meta-major clusters.

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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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Active Minds

AUGUST 21, 2023

They also advise Active Minds national staff on student engagement, community building, program planning, Chapter engagement and management, National Conference planning, and program promotion. As a member of the SAC, Rachna hopes to create a community of acceptance and safety by uniting mental health advocates from across the country.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It wasn’t until the lack of sleep to a toll on my mental health that I learned to prioritize it and began applying some recommended sleep hygiene tips. If you do not know where to get started, meeting with an advisor is a good starting point Click academic advising and scroll down to “Campus Advising Resources”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

If the pandemic has not taught us anything else, it has taught us that our mental health is vital to the ways in which we show up in our personal lives and professional lives. Additional Language : Global Fluency, First Generation, Socially and Economically Disadvantage, Authentic, Comprehensive, Equality.

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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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