Collaboration, Low income student and Mentoring

Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. The funding will allow for the hiring of four new student support advocates, who will offer dedicated attention and guidance to these students as they pursue their degrees.

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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“If we train mentors to know about the resources on campus, know about housing, life, and other offices, then they can give that information to their mentees. Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective, said peer mentorship works. “It Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective.

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Low income student First generation Mentoring University

Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Manny Rodriguez His job entails research and collaboration with other education groups, state legislators, and education officials in accordance with TICAS’s mission to increase college access, affordability, and success through improvements in student financial aid policies. He’s a great asset in California.”

Financial aid

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

Mentoring

Mentoring Advising First generation Retention

Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

“When you create an atmosphere and an environment where students feel supported, they see people like themselves working in those environments. “We We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. Then, you see the successes.”

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Close the Gap Foundation Partners with Notion, ClickUp, and ProWritingAid to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Close the Gap Foundation

JUNE 15, 2022

32 first-generation, low-income high school students from 15+ cities across California and Washington gathered with their mentors and program leaders to kick off their three-month program experience.

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Low income student First generation Mentoring Students

Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas August 14, 2023 — by Holly Hexter, Neve Dole B Ashley Thomas spearheaded a strategic collaboration bridging TRIO Programs with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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First generation Literacy Students Leadership

2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

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Advising Collaboration Student success Higher education

Close the Gap Foundation Receives First-of-its-Kind Laptop Donation from Airbnb

Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

Every student who completes the 2022 Social Impact Fellowship will receive a refurbished MacBook. Throughout the 12-week program, Fellows will utilize the donated MacBook laptops to connect with other students through project-based learning , collaborate with their mentors, and participate in tailored workshops.

Mentoring

Mentoring Low income student Scholarship First generation

From Humble Beginnings to Leading Higher Education Advocacy: My Journey

COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

My new role as the president of COE is both exhilarating and daunting as I know I will encounter new challenges that have broad implications for our students. However, I am ready to serve and continue the work necessary to ensure success for our first-generation, low-income students in getting to and through college.

Higher education

Higher education Education First generation Leadership

2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

Advising

Advising Collaboration Student success Higher education

Demystifying Graduate School: A Guide for First-Gen BIPOC and Nontraditional Students

COE

APRIL 16, 2024

We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. Hamm Support Us If you are a student support services professional, thank you.

Nontraditional student

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

“When I came back to West Virginia, I wrote a Strengthening Community Colleges project in collaboration with colleagues in Parkersburg. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.” And that got us the grant. That was formative.” How do we fix it?’

Leadership

Leadership Higher education Community college Grant

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

COE

MAY 10, 2024

The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S., Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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Low income student First generation Higher education Equity

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

Close the Gap Foundation Receives First-of-its-Kind Laptop Donation from Airbnb

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New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

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