Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend. At DFC, every student gets a scholarship of some amount, and the average student cost is under $3,000. Hall, a first-generation African American student at DFC. “It

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. For students who identify as Hispanic or Latino, there are many scholarships worth exploring. ABA Diversity Scholarship. ALCOA Fund Scholarship. AMS Minority Scholarships. HACU IES Abroad Scholarship.

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Scholarship America

JULY 14, 2023

If college were accessible and affordable, students with high financial need would have a better chance to break the cycle of generational poverty; instead, the struggle to pay for higher education can leave them in dire financial straits. Scholarships can help fill that gap.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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IEFA

MARCH 4, 2024

This blog post will guide you through budget-friendly study abroad opportunities, financial aid options, practical cost-saving tips, work-study and internship opportunities and more. Leverage external scholarships and resources to make your overseas dreams a reality with the help of knowledgeable advisors. interests.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Don Heller, Gigi Jones, and Abby Miller The recent dismantling of affirmative action and the COVID pandemic highlighted the barriers preventing underserved, underrepresented students – students of color and those who are low-income and first-generation – from enrolling in college.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We all know that scholarships are available from many colleges and universities, but some may be surprised to learn that corporate scholarships are also an option to pay for college. Many companies — from small businesses to major corporations — offer scholarships and grants to college students. AstraZeneca. Burger King.

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COE

APRIL 16, 2024

We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. Plan, seek financial aid options and ensure a good fit with prospective programs.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. 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.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unanswered questions on race-based financial aid The follow-up guidance from the Department of Education does, however, leave key questions unanswered—for example, whether it’s legally OK to award institutional financial aid based on race or ethnicity. Is promoting social mobility one of your institution’s primary goals?

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

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. So, what’s going on with these student populations?

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As covered in Inside Higher Ed : “One particularly troubling enrollment trend exacerbated by the pandemic … is the decline of underrepresented groups—specifically Black, first-generation and low-income students. To help fill that gap, colleges, communities and scholarship providers are in a unique position to step in.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

This first Equity Innovations Guide illustrates results the organization has gathered from pilots and initiatives it had implemented over the years on matters of college admissions, financial aid, and equity. The guide is meant to communicate the efforts Common App has been undertaking and would like to scale up, Sample said.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

3 recommendations to make your admissions practices more equitable My previous enrollment leadership roles spanned admissions, financial aid, and advising, so I understand all too well how each phase of a student’s educational journey is impacted by policies in each of these offices. If no, why not?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We built this to be long term, that we would be able to extend to Arkansas families that make $100,000 and below, if those students were admitted to university, that they would be able to have their unmet need mapped out for them through a series of scholarship and/or work/study options. You don't announce that to your public.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I paid for college at my dream school (a small liberal arts college) through student loans, financial aid grants, a tiny amount from family, work-study jobs, and a scholarship or two, desperately patched together to make everything add up so I could afford to keep going to school year after year. looks like right now.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

They’re going to know that 41% of students are first-generation, that we have an office of student belonging. Institutions are also improving their financial aid offerings. This year, Queens revamped its scholarship levels and allocation of aid to meet a higher percentage of students’ financial need.

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EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

A current Michigan student joins the discussion toward the end to share his journey as an aspiring first-generation college student and the impact that the fly-in weekend had on him. We have our financial aid partners that come and talk to parents as well. Speaker 1: Hello. And we really. So it really depends on.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s one thing for students to be told that they will be admitted if they apply to a particular institution, but these schools rarely provide tailored information on which academic programs might be a fit, how much a student might be eligible for in scholarships and financial aid, or any other direct guidance.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. chuckle] 0:22:12.9

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EAB

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Examples include programs designed specifically to engage low-income and first-generation students. College Greenlight is the nation's largest community of professionals supporting and recruiting first-generation, lower-income, and historically underserved students. College Greenlight. Learn More.

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