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When Breeden first arrived on campus, she was searching for a sense of belonging and found that and more as she navigated toward a calling to transform student affairs, advance equity, and reimagine the relationship between universities and Black communities.

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Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D I was a first-generation college student, neither of my parents went to college, she says.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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APRIL 26, 2024

We are asking today’s college students to go a long way to become the leaders the world needs. And they are necessary as we work to prepare and inspire students to be active participants in our democracy. They come to college after years of pandemic-related interruptions to their lives and education. Dr. Lori S.

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APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Community Colleges Are Well Positioned Historically, equity and inclusion in higher education have been shaped by various legislation and milestones that improved learner access in America. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nicholas Bowman The presence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) and first-generation college students in a course is related to higher STEM grades for all students in the class, especially for the minority students themselves, according to a recent study published in AERA Open.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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APRIL 8, 2024

State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. But these aid programs were found to have low-income requirements, meaning students from middle-income households are excluded.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Digital learning tools can help narrow equity gaps, according to a new report from Every Learner Everywhere. They detail problems they were trying to address, their reasons for choosing specific tools, and students’ response to those tools.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

As a first-generation Black college graduate from a low-income family, I reaped the benefits of mentorship from faculty and staff who come from similar backgrounds. where I had the privilege to pay it forward with my students and advance equity and social justice through my research.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. Giving this platform to scholars also allows us to see where strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities may lie in educational equity.”

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MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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MARCH 12, 2025

million students. I understand firsthand the challenges students face because I have lived them. These experiences have given me a unique lens through which I approach leadership, prioritizing equity, access, and the holistic well-being of our students. I later earned my General Education Diploma (G.E.D.)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Two new reports from The California Alliance for Student Parent Success (The Alliance) detail the challenges that student parents face at California institutions. Approximately 300,000 undergraduate student parents are currently enrolled at institutions of higher education in the state of California.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Over half of undergraduate students in the U.S. 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.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Ensuring that students from all backgrounds can enroll and thrive at Rhodes, regardless of their financial circumstances, is one of our core institutional commitments.” ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. Even with the U.S.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As It includes outreach and resources to counselors and families with students receiving direct admissions offers.

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MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

First-generation students are less likely to earn over $50,000 after graduation, and Black graduates are the least likely to experience both economic and noneconomic benefits after acquiring these skills. These marginalized students are less likely to agree that the cost of their education was worth its price.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. The total student loan debt reached $1.75 With President Biden’s signature on Dec. Federal Reserve. “On

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MARCH 13, 2024

When you have students applying to early action or early decision trying to finalize where they’re gonna go—for a lot of our students, that financial need is really important.” Traditionally, the FAFSA form opens on October 1, leaving students and their parents plenty of time to fill out the form. The student’s nerves are real.

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MAY 23, 2024

In San Luiz, Arizona, along the border of the state and Sonora, Mexico, there is Gadsden Elementary School District #32, where more than 99% of its more than 5,000 students identified as Hispanic in 2020. Within that school district lies Southwest Junior High (SJH), a school comprising mostly Latinx (96%) students.

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MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. Nationally, only 24% of African American, Latinx, and Native American students finish within two years. DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. This transformation in thinking appears to be precisely what some conservative groups fear.

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MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The University of Florida is--and will always be--unwavering in our commitment to university human dignity," the memo read. "

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Meaning, every generation has a responsibility to give the next generation a better start. Rodriguez says his Mexican immigrant parents laid the groundwork for his drive and commitment to fight for an education system that equitably supports and uplifts students from diverse backgrounds. He’s a great asset in California.”

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Medical schools across the United States are facing new challenges in maintaining student diversity, according to data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). While overall first-year enrollment increased slightly by 0.8% million community service hours, averaging 709 hours per student.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Anna Gonzalez, known to her students as “Dr. G,” is vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Gonzalez provides leadership to the university’s Division of Student Affairs, engaging with students to recognize their needs and enhance their experiences. Louis (WashU).

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. They collaborate on projects that improve access to graduate school for under-resourced students and students of color. The program has helped students become faculty, researchers, and policy makers. Do what you need to do to recharge.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

To truly achieve equity, we must actively invest in their education and building belonging for them in the workplace. Empowerment Through Education Education is the ticket to achieving the American dream for many immigrants and first-generation Americans. I understand firsthand the many challenges Hispanics students face.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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