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Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.”

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Minoritized, First-Gen Students Most at Risk from FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But experts said that these interruptions are already having a negative impact on the students who need financial aid the most: first generation students, students of color, and those from low-income backgrounds. Nina Longino, executive director of iMentor, Chicago.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide May 31, 2024 — by Terrance L. Hamm The gift will support first-generation and low-income college graduates of a Federal TRIO program who apply for the Thomas R.

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Secret Shopper Policy Draws Praise, Concern

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He also called it a victory for proponents of racial justice and equity. “We We know who the students are who are most often victimized by predatory institutions,” he said. They’re usually first-generation students, they’re Black, they’re Latin[x].”