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Title: Assistant Professor of HigherEducation, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,
“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of HigherEducation website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in HigherEducation.
It provides $200,000 annually over five years for the initiative based on wrap-around support (coaching, mentoring, and scholarships) through the Future Connect Scholarship Program. The gift was made by Tenfold Senior Living founder and principal Brigid Flanigan.
As a first-generation college graduate and the first-ever female, Hispanic president of St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of highereducation for all. Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need.
Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization. Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her highereducation journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez.
Recipients include A Step Beyond, Barrio Logan College Institute, and First Gen Scholars, each receiving $125,000 annually. Two major donations bolster the initiative: an anonymous $1 million gift and a $500,000 matching gift from the Barbara Monroe Scholarship Fund. Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9
The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make highereducation affordable. Brown, President of Excelencia in Education, in the report's foreword.
The survey, conducted by highereducation virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses. These statistics paint a concerning picture of the state of highereducation in America, where completion rates are increasingly threatened by external factors.
The path to highereducation success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students.
López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now highereducation. I'm a first-generation student. Dr. Ruth M. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.
a nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA, which served as a strategic partner to the Atlanta Public School District as well as hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation to increase the number of low-income, firstgeneration, Atlanta students of color graduating from high school and college.
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She exemplifies the empathy and innovation that women bring to leadership in highereducation. Their leadership provides opportunities for first-generation college students, minority scholars, and women in STREAM fields.
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Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman in space, will be partnering with McDonald’s USA to encourage Hispanic students to pursue highereducation. She is a former McDonald’s crew member. Applications are open now through Feb. 6, 2023.
One of these pilots was Common App’s Direct Admissions Program, which proactively admitted qualifying first-generation and middle-to-low-income students into the program’s network of schools on a conditional basis. Spurred on by these findings, Common App then launched a full-scale, 71-school version of this program in Fall 2023.
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In concert with Rhode College’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as well as affordability, the Office of Admission strives to identify, recruit, and enroll domestic students who are underrepresented in highereducation, including first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color.
“Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of highereducation administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Dr. Kayon Hall, assistant professor of highereducation administration at Kent State University in Ohio.
Foundations continue to focus on awarding scholarships to students who navigate and matriculate in college with ease. Dual enrollment students provide colleges with another opportunity to become a bridge to highereducation. This shift in focus requires a commitment to firstgeneration college students, equity, and inclusion.
level careers in research — for students who come from an economically disadvantaged background, are first-generation college students, or have faced significant obstacles in pursuit of highereducation. programs.
But while highereducation experts celebrate the new value of the Pell Grant and how much it can help students in need, many agreed the amount is not enough to combat the rising cost of living and tuition. “We Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. Of course, they need more, but it’s better than not getting it.”
Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. Academic Advancement Program AAP is rooted in the purpose of public education, notes Alexander.
A good portion of those donations were given to various kinds of institutions of highereducation, many serving students from underserved backgrounds. Paying for students Multiple recipient schools told Diverse that they are using their Scott donations at least partially on scholarship programs.
It’s easy these days to feel pessimistic about the state of highereducation. Amid these tensions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) represent a promising opportunity to reinvigorate and expand the national highereducation narrative.
Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., My interests in highereducation are focused on access,” Means said. “I sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,
HigherEducation and Student Affairs Education: M.Ed., I am a higher ed scholar, that’s where my academic upbringing is,” Gonzalez told Diverse. “But As a community leader, Gonzalez is on the national board of The Association for Jotería Arts, Activism, and Scholarship. “He
As a first-generation American and the child of immigrants who came to the U.S. More than 80% of students who took a prior paper SAT reported a better experience with the digital SAT when surveyed. “As
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Georgette “Gigi” Dixon The grant gives scholarships and emergency student aid for students, funding for UNCF’s Empower Me Tour program, and support for the future HBCU Innovation Summit and Student Leadership Conference.
Lieberman has written and co-authored multiple books and articles relating to diversity, institutional transformation and issues affecting highereducation. Most of the students are middle- and low-income and first-generation. That’s now running and stronger than ever. Stay tuned.”
Jessica Berg “The School of Law and overall university’s commitment to serving first-generation students, to social justice, and to academic and scholarly excellence all attracted me to this position,” she said. Her transdisciplinary, open approach to teaching and scholarship beautifully fits our campus culture.
It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in highereducation by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices.
Other findings included that student loan repayment program rules can be confusing and difficult to navigate and that rising college costs and underfunding force a disproportionate number of low-income and first-generation students to take on significant student debt.
dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in HigherEducation,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.
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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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Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending highereducation.
Achieving HSI status Larry Eby Larry Eby, executive director of advancement at Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) in Delaware, said several years ago the college’s admissions office saw there was a rising number of Hispanic students pursuing highereducation. Most recently, the university has developed its first-generation center.
Non-first-generation students were 2.5 points for potential first-generation students. Dr. Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison “Students who fall into these categories have long faced higher barriers to equitable post-secondary access.
How to pay for classes can be one of the most stressful aspects of navigating a college degree for many first-generation college students. To help alleviate this stress, institutions of highereducation and other organizations are taking notice and providing scholarships specifically for first-generation students.
Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in highereducation. There are also several transfers from community colleges.
A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. Dr. Luis A.
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