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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Duke University Uses Peer Mentorship to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sachelle Ford became the first director of the DukeLIFE program at Duke University in January 2020, she brought with her the experience of being a first-generation college student. Before DukeLIFE, peer-to-peer mentorship had been implemented at Duke before, but the program’s execution did not appeal to many students.

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Pell Grant Increase Will Help Low-Income Students, But More is Needed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Supporting First-Generation and Low-Income Students Beyond the College Acceptance Letter

Department of Education Homeroom Blog

First-generation and low-income college students were burdened with the struggle to pay expensive college fees for a virtual education while being separated from on-campus resources and in-person support from students and. Continue Reading.

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Close the Gap Foundation Partners with Notion, ClickUp, and ProWritingAid to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Close the Gap Foundation

32 first-generation, low-income high school students from 15+ cities across California and Washington gathered with their mentors and program leaders to kick off their three-month program experience.

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Why Scholarships Are Vital for Low-Income Students and Families

Scholarship America

For students from low-income families, college can be a massive catch-22: higher education has never been more important, but it’s also never been more expensive. Private-sector scholarships can make a huge difference when it comes to filling the affordability gap for low-income students.

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a student, as a scholar, as a Black student, as an FLI [first-generation, low-income] student, it was everything that I needed for it to be,” said Kiara Gilbert, who had Glaude as her junior paper and senior thesis adviser. “I