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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We Williams became the director of the Career Advancement Center, where he would spend the next five years inviting first generation, low-income students, women, LGBTQ+, and other under-represented undergraduates into pursuing their graduate degrees.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rick Garfunkel, vice president for global affairs, had to bring back several hundred students who were studying overseas, including 40 in China. “[It was] not easy,” he said. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.” They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

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Supporting the Whole Student Through Holistic Advising: Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

As a first-generation student, U.S. As an international student, I’ve had my fair share of challenges navigating college life in a new country and adjusting to a new culture,” said senior Daivik Chawla. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona didn’t always know where to turn for help in college. “It

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“Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it

EAB

Factors Contributing to Move-In Melt Based on our last year’s data, we saw move-in melt primarily happening in two student groups: international students and students without financial aid packages where the enrollment team believes they may be eligible for need-based aid. Celebrate their success and future promise.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

EAB

EAB · How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence the College Journey LEARN ABOUT COLLEGE GREENLIGHT College Greenlight is the nation's largest community of professionals supporting and recruiting first-generation, lower-income, and historically underserved students. Why do you need that? What do you do?

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Meet the 2023-2024 Active Minds Student Advisory Committee (And Learn How They Can Help You!)

Active Minds

As a former Active Minds SAC member, student ambassador, and current co-president of her school’s Chapter, Anushka is passionate about normalizing conversations about mental health in her community through storytelling. At De Anza, she served as the college’s Active Minds Chapter president.

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The Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Care for College Students

Timely MD

With this stigma, what one suffers from is less important than the simple behavior of seeking psychological help, whether that’s for a chronic, diagnosable mental disorder or for processing a tragic event, such as the death of a loved one. But, increasing diversity among college students goes beyond race and ethnicity. Puerto Rican, 3.9%