Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. With many faculty and staff remaining closeted, there is also a lack of role models or mentors. Dr. Luis A.

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COE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ramirez is no stranger to hard work, bringing a wealth of experience in human resources and volunteerism. As a first-generation student and the youngest of five children of migrant farm workers in rural Washington, she was committed to meeting educational and professional goals that her parents could not attain.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. Post-graduation, I started working in Residence Life and enrolled in the graduate program completing a Masters in Human Services and a certificate in conflict resolution.

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COE

OCTOBER 30, 2023

National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8 October 30, 2023 — by Terrance L. Hamm Seventh annual celebration to highlight first-generation corporate leaders in virtual event on Thursday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 8.

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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Close the Gap’s Social Impact Fellowship is a three-month summer program for low-income 11th and 12th graders to find mentors, grow their confidence, and give back. He never considered a career in human resources. That was until he heard about human resources. Q: How do I become authentic and garner people like that?

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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. Finally, scholarship providers are in a unique position to help students develop peer networks among their fellow recipients.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I was taking challenging courses like Calculus, Programming, Physics, and Humanities, and I found myself struggling immensely. I attended Franklin High School on the East Side of Stockton, and my academic success in high school led me to enroll directly in a four-year university. However, my freshman year at the university was an eye-opener.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. I could never pay [back] the mentoring that faculty of color have given me as I have navigated higher education,” he said. She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. I could never pay [back] the mentoring that faculty of color have given me as I have navigated higher education,” he said. She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.”

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

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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