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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. Our American Indian students can still learn about their history, their language, their culture by the curriculum that we offer, and non-Native students can learn about American Indian people. Events and activities happen throughout the academic year.

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher learning. These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school. We have a first-generation student center on campus.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum. 56% of undergraduate institutions reported using technology to recruit international students through events like virtual college fairs and online information sessions.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The campus movement helped open the space for Black studies, and Black studies as a discipline in return would provide the curriculum that looks at the African American perspective. Canton and others participate in an African American Studies welcome event. Also, conducting programs in the community. Dr. David A.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. Among many achievements, the seminal events of Fox’s presidency were the transition from a college (founded in 1842) to a university and making the institution coeducational.

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Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

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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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Close the Gap Foundation Kicks Off the 5th Annual Social Impact Fellowship in Partnership with Airbnb, Supercharged with AI Augmented Custom Curriculum

Close the Gap Foundation

This event introduced 36 first-generation, low-income high school students and their mentors from across California, Oregon, and Washington, who will embark on a three-month immersive experience aimed at driving positive change in their communities.