Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate.

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Success First generation Mentoring Counseling 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. These data-driven decisions allow us to refine efforts to better serve our student population.”

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Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation 336

NACAC's Admitted

JUNE 28, 2023

NACAC will serve as a facilitator for the exchange of information by the project’s partners, as well as discussion of project findings among college admission counseling professionals. Project deliverables are just beginning to come to fruition, so stay tuned for forthcoming news and resources related to the project’s findings.

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Facilitation Low income student Access Accessibility 59

NACAC's Admitted

JUNE 28, 2023

NACAC will serve as a facilitator for the exchange of information by the project’s partners, as well as discussion of project findings among college admission counseling professionals. Project deliverables are just beginning to come to fruition, so stay tuned for forthcoming news and resources related to the project’s findings.

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Facilitation Low income student Access Accessibility 52

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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Grant First generation Career services Facilitation 98

NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

NACAC’s role in facilitating conversation about equitable admission practices in the current admission context is to ensure careful examination of admission policies and practices, particularly as it applies to improving equity outcomes for college access. How were test-optional policies implemented?

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Equity Application Low income student Higher education 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

He was an advocate for practices that removed barriers and also facilitated completion.” His philosophy was if we admit them, let’s make sure we’re doing everything possible — financial aid, better counseling, better advisement, tracking courses — to make sure the students who are admitted have an opportunity to do well.”

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Community college Low income student Higher education Access 264