Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

The University of Illinois System and nonprofit organization One Million Degrees have announced a new multiyear initiative to increase community college transfer rates, with a particular focus on first-generation and low-income students in Illinois. in the past year, significant gaps remain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit driving workforce and education transformation, in partnership with the University of Phoenix released the report “Professional Social Capital: A Key to Black Economic Advancement.” It may not be immediately obvious, particularly for first-generation learners.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University (FIU), a public four-year HSI in Miami, that’s also Seal certified, said FIU began thinking seriously about how to help Latinx students “break through their own career glass ceiling” years ago. Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University. “So,

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. College to Career. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. College to Career. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. Completion Grants.

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A Playbook for Transforming College-to-Career. College to Career. University Culture. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Handshake’s Access 2022 conference for employers and career services professionals, three students spoke about their journey with mental health. Create an expectation of student commitment to college-to-career transition preparation. What does this look like at a personal level? Listen to their stories.

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