Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

The study found that Latino students, who represent one in five postsecondary students nationwide, are more likely to be first-generation college-goers (51% compared to 22% of white students), come from lower-income households (70% have family incomes below $50,000), and have an expected family contribution (EFC) of zero (45%).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

There was a marked increase among first-generation students and students of color in applications, admissions and enrollment. Fagan, assistant vice provoststudent success at Temple University, a Research 1 institution, said the university saw an increase in undergraduate fall 2024 enrollment over the previous two years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

From 2016 to 2022, the number of applicants from this demographic nearly doubled, yet acceptance rates remained low, highlighting a critical need for additional support. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, for example, have historically faced lower admission and graduation rates at the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

All of her personal and professional experiences created a presidential presence that stood out from an exceptional field of over 75 applicants," said Janet Lopez, chair of the FLC Board of Trustees. In 2022, Diverse named Shotton to its annual list of women making a difference in higher education. "I

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 2, 2025

1) Simplifying the FAFSA A 2006 National Bureau of Economic Research working paper used NPSAS data to analyze how the complexity of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) impacts college access. Their research found that the complexity of the FAFSA form most negatively impacted students with the fewest financial resources.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2025

As a first-generation Black college graduate from a low-income family, I reaped the benefits of mentorship from faculty and staff who come from similar backgrounds. However, the constant rejections and application fatigue forced me to question my purpose, compelling me to reconsider my "why."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

Under Jordan’s leadership, SMCM saw a 71% increase in undergraduate admission applications, a 30% increase in first-generation students, a 20% increase in historically underrepresented and/or marginalized students, and a significant jump in alumni engagement. “We She didn’t just lead a college — she led a liberal arts movement.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of Latinx faculty applicants increased by 15%. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

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.

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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 institution has a history of serving first-generation college students and emphasizes small class sizes and personalized attention. To qualify, incoming freshmen must maintain a minimum 3.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

When LaShelle Williams-Franklin arrived at Howard University as a first-generation college student from Cleveland, Ohio, she had her academic LaShelle Williams-Franklin plan perfectly mapped out. As a political science major with dreams of becoming an attorney, she received her four-year academic roadmap during orientation.

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College Planners of America

JULY 25, 2025

Among first-generation college students and those in underrepresented groups, exam-takers earning a CLEP score of 50 or higher have significantly higher retention and graduation rates than their classmates. Exam-takers need to download and install the ETS Online Test application.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2025

A study conducted by The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education reports that 410,000 first-generation immigrant students attend colleges and universities in California. In the STEM field, 40% of the workers identify as first-generation immigrants. of health aide workers share first-generation immigrant status.

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Close the Gap Foundation

JUNE 24, 2025

Building on the success of Close the Gap’s flagship Social Impact Fellowship, this new program is designed to serve a broader audience by removing barriers such as competitive applications, GPA minimums, and geographic constraints.

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COE

JULY 15, 2025

By honoring institutions that have made SSS practices a permanent, mission-aligned part of their work, we spotlight models that help low-income and first-generation students not only enroll but persist and graduate.” Community colleges interested in applying can download the guidelines and application form at coenet.org here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. Odle said that students tend to figure, “Once I’m in there, and I’ve already been admitted, why don’t I just go ahead and submit another application?” Non-first-generation students were 2.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Despite these challenges, there were some positive developments in the application phase. Black or African American applications increased by 2.8%, and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin applications rose by 2.2%. However, American Indian or Alaska Native applications decreased by 15.4%. "We of applicants, 55.1%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

law students and applicants. Tiffane Cochran However, the percentage of first-year law students who were people of color — 35% — barely changed between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. On the other hand, 69% of Asian applicants received at least one offer, nearly on par with the average for all applicants, which was70%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As It includes outreach and resources to counselors and families with students receiving direct admissions offers.

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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. 8 – had left applicants frustrated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 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

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman in space, will be partnering with McDonald’s USA to encourage Hispanic students to pursue higher education. Applications are open now through Feb. 6, 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

They’re going to know that 41% of students are first-generation, that we have an office of student belonging. Even applications are changing. Queens realized that students who were filling out its application were stopping when recommendations were requested. Those have been wildly helpful and popular,” said Maziarz.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Is it developing boutique programs on each campus for diverse, first-generation students? We have collaborated with the State Board to introduce completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as a graduation requirement, which greatly increases the odds a student will apply to college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

level careers in research — for students who come from an economically disadvantaged background, are first-generation college students, or have faced significant obstacles in pursuit of higher education.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 30, 2024

Yet legacy admissions policies that give preferential treatment to applicants who are related to alumni are still used across the country. Additional admissions guidance or financial support should be targeted to first-generation students and students from low-income backgrounds. A year ago, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, domestic first-time enrollment went up by 3% – 8.7% Other findings in the report include that applications for admissions rose by 8.7%; applications for master’s degree or graduate-level certificate programs rose by 8.5%; and that applications for doctoral degrees saw notable increases as well, an 8.9%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

The numbers released last week merely say that 1,245 applicants gained admission on last Thursday to next fall’s freshman class. That’s out of 54, 008 applicants which puts Harvard at a 3.6 Harvard’s still exclusive, but not as exclusive as other Ivies that saw its applications soar. percent admission rate. And there are 20.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Not only have state financial aid programs not kept up with rising tuition, but they are also falling behind compared to changing demographics and the needs of today’s students, which include returning adults, student parents, and working first-generation students. Massachusetts’s programs do not require test scores or certain GPAs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Amid ongoing issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, the City University of New York (CUNY) is looking to help. We don’t want the unprecedented delays and changes in this year’s federal aid application process to deter them from coming to CUNY or any college." Matos Rodríguez. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Along that same line, experts spent the webinar discussing strategies and recent briefs on equitable admissions in higher ed, specifically on topics such as recruitment, legacy admissions, early action practices, test-optional and test-free policies, and holistic review of student applications.

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