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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.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Jorge Silva-Puras, the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), noted that the six-year completion rate at Lehman is around 51%. Over 80% of the student body at Lehman are individuals of color. whereas Lehman’s is 51.6%.

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JULY 16, 2025

The collection features authentic portrayals of students across community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), regional universities, and workforce training programs. Renowned photojournalist Allison Shelley traveled to each campus to capture authentic students and scenes during multi-day photo shoots.

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JUNE 11, 2025

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities has named 26 senior-level higher education professionals to participate in its 2025-2026 Millennium Leadership Initiative, as the premier leadership development program continues its mission to diversify college and university presidencies.

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JULY 7, 2025

But if he had been, I like to believe he would have called a historically Black college or university his intellectual home. Nowhere is that contradiction laid bare more than at historically Black colleges and universities. Less and less an expression of the ideal of liberty, and more a persistence of labor under structural inequity.

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APRIL 7, 2025

Roshaunda Breeden never expected to become a faculty member at North Carolina State University (NC State), the very same institution where her journey in higher education began. After receiving her masters, Breeden worked in student affairs at Spelman College, North Carolina Central University (NCCU), and NC State.

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APRIL 3, 2025

Why Arizona residents choose our baccalaureate programs It is no surprise that more Arizonans choose Maricopa Community Colleges over any other college or university in the state. Today, 61 percent of students entering our baccalaureate programs are first-generation and 41 percent are new to the community college system.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Her appointment carries particular significance at Columbia, where more than half of the students are first-generation college-goers and one in five is a Chicago Public Schools graduate. "As Prior to Georgia Tech, Bolton held administrative positions at Washington University in St. At Georgia Tech, she managed a $3.1

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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%).

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Psychology, San Diego State University; M.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

A Lumina Foundation convening brought together leaders from historically Black colleges and universities to engage with researchers, policy experts and the philanthropic community to strategize on the future of these storied institutions.

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MAY 22, 2025

Gantt, vice president for enrollment management at Bronx Community College (BCC, a City University of New York institution), said BCC is seeing consistent growth. While first-time freshman numbers dipped slightly, there have been notable increases in transfer students, up 7%, and continuing students, up 4%. Dr. Bernard J. Dr. Shawn P.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has been named the next president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), marking a Dr. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While this is not a program specific to Native Americans, the state’s four tribal colleges are eligible institutions along with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and all University of Minnesota campuses. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. Dr. Gresham D.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Albert Mosley Albert Mosley has been named the 8th president of Bethune-Cookman University. A first-generation college student from Shuqualak, Mississippi, Mosley earned his Ed.D at the University of Georgia in higher education administration and his D.D. Doctor of Divinity) from Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. Community colleges often serve many students from low-income backgrounds, first-generation college students, and those balancing school with full-time jobs.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. From there, Williams’s career took off.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These gaps persist across California's entire higher education system, from community colleges to the University of California. Among first-time students at California Community Colleges, only 17% earn a degree or certificate or transfer to a four-year college within four years.

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JULY 1, 2025

As universities across the country grapple with the global mental health crisis, particularly among students from underrepresented backgrounds, integrating outdoor experiences into student support programs has become a powerful tool for mental well-being and personal development. My work in this space, through initiatives like the Live Now!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S. and graduate 19%.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Seventeen years ago, Congress established the designation, enabling universities to secure federal funding to address the unique challenges faced by these students. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, for example, have historically faced lower admission and graduation rates at the university. Approximately 35.1%

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Just like that, the entire Division of Diversity and Campus Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin was eliminatedand many other DEI employees in units across the university were given their pink slips due to Senate Bill 17, which came into effect last January.

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JULY 9, 2025

Jasmine Haywood There are currently 102 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families.

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JUNE 17, 2025

Under Jordan’s leadership, SMCM saw a 71% increase in undergraduate admission applications, a 30% increase in first-generation students, a 20% increase in historically underrepresented and/or marginalized students, and a significant jump in alumni engagement. “We She didn’t just lead a college — she led a liberal arts movement.”

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MARCH 20, 2025

Marlene Tromp The University of Vermont (UVM) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Marlene Tromp as the institution's 28th president. Tromp, who is currently serving as president of Boise State University, will assume her new role later this summer. "Dr. from the University of Florida. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM.

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APRIL 1, 2025

She brings more than two decades of experience in higher education, having worked at both small liberal arts colleges and large research universities. Her career has been dedicated to fostering access and achievement for underrepresented students, particularly Indigenous and first-generation learners.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Non-traditional and first-generation students face unique challenges that require tailored approaches. Others emphasized the importance of destigmatizing help-seeking behaviors, noting that it still feels almost taboo to seek out help in most situations.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Before assuming his role as Chancellor, he served as president of an HSI (Hispanic-Serving Institution) , Co lorado State University Pueblo, and prior to that, as president of Pikes Peak Community College. Garcia’s career path has been anything but conventional.

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JUNE 26, 2025

Jasmine Haywood There are currently 101 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families. They account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers.

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JUNE 30, 2025

Chris Manriquez Chris Manriquez is returning to Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, to serve as the university’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer as of Aug. A first-generation college graduate, Manriquez earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography from Cal State Fullerton.

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JUNE 3, 2025

The state's only public polytechnic university announced this week that it is expanding a multi-year coaching initiative in partnership with nonprofit InsideTrack, providing personalized support to help students enroll, persist, and complete their degrees across both in-person and online programs.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. A first-generation college student, Hardin earned a Ph.D. Hardin will begin work at Quinnipiac on July 1.

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MARCH 12, 2025

I later earned my General Education Diploma (G.E.D.) By the time I transferred to the State University, I realized I was a decent student and no longer anxious about my financial aid being denied for academic standing. I began teaching College Success courses to first generation, low income, multicultural students.

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APRIL 9, 2025

HBCUs have always been innovating for generations. They're educating first-generation college students and turning them into global leaders that's innovation. We launched our first course with Shaw University the first HBCU in the South which was also the first HBCU to deliver a course successfully on HBCUv.

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MAY 15, 2025

The announcement drew enthusiastic support at the Higher Education Leadership Foundation convening at Claflin University on Thursday, where Wilks was in attendance and received thunderous applause when her appointment was announced. "I in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Zion Church."

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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.

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