Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2025

Since 1964, the TRIO federal program has helped low-income students, first-generation college students, students with disabilities, and veterans earn college degrees. TRIO helped me as a first-generation college student in ways my family couldn’t. is slipping in global rankings for postsecondary degree attainment.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They can create a more nuanced and equitable approach to grading that truly reflects student learning and prepares them for success after high school. Although they still utilize grades, these initiatives grant high school students access to real college courses, helping them build early success and experience in higher education.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2025

By eliminating the often overwhelming application process, NC College Connect removes financial and procedural obstacles that disproportionately affect first-generation college students and those from underrepresented communities. "NC The program targets students who complete their junior year with a weighted GPA of 2.8

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Her inspiration to take on the presidency of Cal State LA was fueled by its mission of fortifying the workforce of California, serving students who are first-generation, low-income and from underrepresented groups, having stellar faculty and committing to the student experience. You have to try something to get any outcome.”

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Whether they need academic guidance, help navigating college resources, or just a place to feel connected, these centers serve as a crucial hub for student success. These efforts signal to students that we care about their success even before they set foot on our campus. Dr. Dan Walden is President of Victor Valley College.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

First generation college students navigate multifaceted and intersectional identities while contending with the barriers related to those identities and social circumstances. American social systems and social institutions are often operating in contradiction to articulated social goals and outcomes.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

The survey, conducted by higher education virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses. Mental health challenges matched financial concerns in severity, with an overwhelming 95% of students identifying at least one obstacle impacting their academic success.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

As an educator myself, who taught high school mathematics in the community I called home, I know firsthand the level of preparedness K-12 teachers need to be successful for their students. Today, 61 percent of students entering our baccalaureate programs are first-generation and 41 percent are new to the community college system.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

The study found that Latino students, who represent one in five postsecondary students nationwide, are more likely to be first-generation college-goers (51% compared to 22% of white students), come from lower-income households (70% have family incomes below $50,000), and have an expected family contribution (EFC) of zero (45%).

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

In its 2021 report HBCUs Transforming Generations: Social Mobility Outcomes for HBCU Alumni , UNCF, (the United Negro College Fund) detailed the Move into Middle Class+ mobility rate and its efficiency as a measure of social mobility for Black students at HBCUs.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

Fagan, assistant vice provoststudent success at Temple University, a Research 1 institution, said the university saw an increase in undergraduate fall 2024 enrollment over the previous two years. There was a marked increase among first-generation students and students of color in applications, admissions and enrollment.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

In its 2021 report HBCUs Transforming Generations: Social Mobility Outcomes for HBCU Alumni , the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) detailed the Move into Middle Class+ mobility rate and its efficiency as a measure of social mobility for Black students at HBCUs.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2025

As the nation recently observed this year’s Fourth of July, Bethune-Cookman University, along with others like it, continues to successfully educate more first-generation students, Pell recipients, and Black professionals than our numbers would predict.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As California works toward this ambitious goal, the report underscores that success will require not only increasing college enrollment but also significantly improving completion rates across all demographic groups, particularly for those who have historically faced the greatest barriers to educational attainment.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. Through support from the Macquarie Group Foundation, we've been investing in student-led activities to drive student success improvement.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

Students of color, first-generation students, and those from low-income backgrounds often face unique stressors, including cultural isolation, financial burdens, and systemic barriers to success. This lesson in perseverance directly translates into academic and career success.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

He was so successful, in fact, that by the time he graduated from high school, Williams had achieved access to the same country club that barred him due to his race. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

My success has been shaped by failures, triumphs, and uplifting others along the way. Over the course of my education and career, Ive carried life baggage and self-doubt, made mistakes, and experienced obstacles that impacted my success. I began teaching College Success courses to first generation, low income, multicultural students.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

Is that a place where I can be successful?’” With declining numbers of traditional college-age white middle-class students, Garcia emphasizes the necessity of effectively reaching lower-income, first-generation students and students of color. What’s Joe Garcia like? The challenges facing community colleges remain substantial.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

Among her successes, [President Jordan] took the college and helped us rebrand it. Mary’s College of Maryland Foundation, Inc. She didn’t just lead a college — she led a liberal arts movement.”

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2025

Many are first-generation college students, working adults, transfer students, or military-affiliated learners seeking to advance their careers in STEM fields. The expansion comes as Oregon Tech serves a student body that reflects many of the demographic trends reshaping higher education nationwide.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Yoo sees UCLA’s designation as an AANAPISI as the next step in a broader goal. “The hope is that AANAPISI will be part of a larger MSI landscape in which we work together to advance the success of our students, families and communities,” he added.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2025

"Her permanent appointment as Provost comes at a time when her clarity, compassion, and vision are more vital than ever to our continued growth and success." Together, we will advance innovation, promote student success, and expand pathways to social mobility." The appointment is effective immediately.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

I look forward to working with the Board, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the Rock Hill community to expand access and research, elevate student success, and position Clinton College as a bold, faith-driven institution for the future." "Clinton holds a sacred legacy grounded in faith, resilience, and opportunity. Zion Church."

First generation

Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For underrepresented groups such as first-generation college students, students of color, LGBTQIA+ students, and those from low-income backgrounds additional pressures and other factors like stigma or lack of awareness, often compound these challenges and cause students to hold back from seeking the care and support they need to thrive.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

Tromp brings with her the experience and ability for great success that will benefit the university, community, and state," said Cynthia Barnhart, Board of Trustees chair and co-chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee.

University

Active Minds

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Active Minds has had another successful internship semester with the 2024 Fall class, and as this intern cohort finishes up their semester with us, we want to take a moment to reflect on their incredible contributions to mental health advocacy. Free university education for all would be a relief for generations to come.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

They have generated leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, groundbreaking artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists who shaped the Black experience and the fabric of American society. That said, VP Harris has been an influential and successful voice for HBCUs in the Biden Administration. Dr. Adriel A.

Financial aid

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

The recent cancellation of critical postsecondary studies conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will have dire effects on our understanding of the realities of todays college students especially those who are veterans, parents, working, or first-generation.

First generation

College Planners of America

JULY 25, 2025

Exam-takers who score 50 or higher on exams have a higher rate of successful transfer from two-year to four-year colleges. Among first-generation college students and those in underrepresented groups, exam-takers earning a CLEP score of 50 or higher have significantly higher retention and graduation rates than their classmates.

Mathematics

COE

MAY 2, 2025

Hamm President Trumps newly released 2026 budget proposes the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs, which have helped millions of low-income, first-generation students – including veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities – succeed in higher education for over 60 years. WASHINGTON, D.C.

Education

COE

JULY 24, 2025

TRIO Future Leaders Summit Ignites Passion and Purpose in First-Generation Students Nationwide July 24, 2025 — by Terrance L. Hamm As TRIO programs face mounting political threats, the stories and strength displayed at the Future Leaders Summit are a timely reminder: investment in potential pays dividends for generations.

First generation