Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer. Lehman faculty are encouraged to look through their curriculum and pedagogy to make it more relevant to their Latinx students, in part, through Spanish-language programs and through the school’s Department of Latin American and Latino Studies.

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Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a tutor back in high school, Jasmine knew that she has always liked helping people. With the population of her students being mostly first generation and/or low-income, Jasmine understands the difficulties and challenges her students face based on her shared experience. What brought you to education?

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When I finally received the astronaut nod, I was overjoyed and proud of my roots as an Upward Bound TRIO student and tutor. The Student Supportive Services programs provided me with essential tutors in physics and calculus, subjects I desperately needed help with. I was actively involved in tutoring these students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” Watford says. For a lot of them, it comes down to a sense of community.” His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs.

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COE

MARCH 14, 2024

Hamm Although not a TRIO alumnus himself, with hard work and the support of quality educators and mentors, Secretary Cardona became a first-generation college graduate. Although not a TRIO alumnus himself, with hard work and the support of quality educators and mentors, Secretary Cardona became a first-generation college graduate.

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