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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For underrepresented groups such as first-generation college students, students of color, LGBTQIA+ students, and those from low-income backgrounds additional pressures and other factors like stigma or lack of awareness, often compound these challenges and cause students to hold back from seeking the care and support they need to thrive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“If colleges of engineering, colleges of science, and quite frankly non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) academic units would build the infrastructure that CEED has, they, too, would see an increase in the achievement, success, graduation, and graduate enrollment for first-generation and underrepresented students.”

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Within the context of TRIO programs, this research will focus on identifying institutional assets and barriers affecting first-generation and low-income learners’ career growth and developing an evidence-based theoretical model toward increasing awareness about institutional capacity.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Community college students are also more likely to be first-generation college students, non-traditional students, or exposed to financial insecurity than their four-year school counterparts. For TCC, focusing on student well-being is central to a broader strategy to boost engagement, retention, and completion figures.

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Mental health Community college Case manager Literacy 98

Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

Providing career counseling and job placement services to learners to enhance career readiness and employability. mental health counseling, food banks, Internet access, transportation, etc.). Their resources help community colleges improve the retention, graduation, and transfer rates of their students.

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Community college Mental health Low income student Placement 98

Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. Throughout my time in Academic Affairs I was responsible for leading out on strategic priorities for the University related to student success, retention, career outcomes, etc.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. An antiracist approach to counseling gifted Black boys with disabilities. Dr. Erik M. An abstract for each chapter is shared below. Hines and E.C.

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Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching 325

COE

MAY 8, 2023

Congress created the TRIO programs because it recognized that low-income, first-generation students often face significant financial and societal obstacles to accessing and achieving success in higher education. I have long supported the TRIO programs and worked to ensure they reach the most needed students.

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

Derek, Wagner, Josie, and Epcot are the famous all-star pups that make up Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center therapy dog team. According to the latest data from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) , the majority of college counseling center directors are white (59%) and female (70%).

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Mental health Therapist Counseling Students 98

COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

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