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Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S.

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First Generation Scholarships and General Scholarship Essay Tips

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Title: First Generation Scholarships and General Scholarship Essay Tips. How to pay can be one of the most stressful aspects of navigating a college degree for many first-generation college students. The Osher Re-Entry/Crankstart ( [link] ) is often a scholarship first-generation, nontraditional students apply to.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For students that happen to be first-generation as well as Hispanic, they need assistance and coaching on the admissions process,” Bias said. Sam Houston’s academic success center offers one-on-one tutoring and mentoring. Most recently, the university has developed its first-generation center.

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What We’re Learning About the Dual Enrollment Student Experience

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However, 38% of respondents said they have struggled in the dual enrollment courses they are taking, and students reported not using services like tutoring at the same rate at which they reported struggling.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students.

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Support Student Schedules: Offer Flexible Locations for Peer Tutoring Sessions

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Her parents’ dream became her goal, and that propelled her through middle and high school and to her pre-med track as a first-generation student in college. Jen’s desire to become a doctor started in elementary school when, because her math and science marks were always high, her parents would say, “Jen’s so smart.