Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Our definitions of manhood are largely driven by messaging — from parents and peers to the media,” said Young. Educational institutions, specifically historically Black colleges and universities, play a huge role in helping us craft our identities and also rejecting notions of family and identity we get from larger society,” said Clark. “It

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JANUARY 2, 2023

New Orleans, Louisiana will be the newest location for nonprofit Generation Hope's Scholar Program , which aims to support and give young parents wrap-around services to help them attain college degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The Better FAFSA makes it as simple and easy as possible for families to get help paying for college, and updating our tables will help even more students get the help they need” said Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal. Updating our calculations will help students qualify for as much financial aid as possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

But my longtime concerns for him as a parent have grown more severe in today’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion climate. Disparate voices, opinions, and teachings blended in one campus environment designed to help students learn, think independently, and grow. Dr. Susan D. It felt both sudden and final.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

And we want to help make sure you can be here.” Since its inception in the fall of 2009, more than 15,400 students have benefited from Opportunity Vanderbilt, and over 19,750 university alumni, parents, and friends have contributed more than $565 million in gifts toward the program’s endowment support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

African Americans and those trying to embrace diversity in education are also being pushed out of local governing groups that have the power to influence what is taught in schools, such as parent-teacher organizations and school boards, she said. There's always that stereotype of Black parents [not being] involved.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

CRT Forward’s data have been used by parents, educators, and activists across the nation and globe as censorship laws spread. Anti-CRT “architects,” adds Alexander, are hard at work manipulating the protective nature of parents. Folks can go on our website and see if a measure is pending at their local board.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This is important for our students here at SLCC, where most work and go to school part time, and often are helping take care of families,” said Josh Montavon, SLCC director of financial aid and scholarships. The s tudents do not need to be degree-seeking students, nor are they subject to a credit hour minimum to be eligible. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

More than half are first-generation students, which means that their parents didn’t earn bachelor’s degrees, and more than 40% identify as a race other than white. This starts with short-term credentials that help graduates gain entry to a specific career field in industries that are hiring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

My parents instilled in me that academics come first,” Hayes said. “If The third of four children, both of her parents were competitive athletes in high school, but neither knew anything about soccer. Her parents encouraged her to visit the campus, and the minute she stepped on campus she felt welcome, especially by the coaching staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

We must take a whole-of-government approach to supporting New Jersey students and understanding their unique challenges to help ensure their postsecondary success.” At least one in every three students faces food insecurity, one in four is a parent while studying, and one of every two may be housing insecure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Mapping out Black resistance The map is displayed on a website that the schools helped ACP create, which also contains links to ACP’s various content. This work has received criticism from parents, James said. Upset parents have protested and even gotten violent, and teachers were found to be self-censoring out of fear.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

We need action to help those who may be now left behind. Congress also recently took a critical first step to help address this disparity by passing the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, but far more work needs to be done. Today, we must strive to continue his legacy by helping the next generation of black leaders pick up their own boots.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

This year, helping her high school seniors through the newly simplified FAFSA application process has been more stressful than simple. Traditionally, the FAFSA form opens on October 1, leaving students and their parents plenty of time to fill out the form. Iné Collins, school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Educational programming Armory College Prep helps student-athletes attain a college degree at no cost to participants. You can use those strategies anywhere.” Both graduated. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Ensure all community college campuses have robust childcare services for student parents. Establish and maintain robust cross-sectoral partnerships with K-12, public housing, criminal justice, workforce development boards, and public health agencies to help lifelong learners access college however and whenever they need it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Due to the focus on high achievement, many parents in these communities often fail to help their children develop the critical cognitive, social, and ethical capacities to become empathic adults, according to Turning the Tide. Trisha Ross Anderson is the college admissions program director for Making Caring Common.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

My parents were a little older. And so, my parents, by the time I came around, they were. They weren't soccer parents. So I think I have some knowledge and some information and things that can be helpful to our younger generation of coaches that are coming up. But golf has been a throughline in her life far longer. "I

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Approximately one third of undergraduates (31 percent) reported that neither parent had ever attended college. IHEP’s Postsecondary Data GPS can help institutions better utilize data to improve students’ opportunities and promote more equitable outcomes. Eleven percent of students were born outside of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Colleagues and students hail Mims for shifting the focus away from viewing Black students, parents, and families through a deficit lens. She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

I am calling on all parents, guardians and caring adults to step up at this moment and do whatever it takes to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again and to encourage appropriate behavior when our young people gather anywhere in this great city of ours.” Is it a lack of parental supervision? Let’s educate ourselves.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“ My parents were tasked with the job of survival, and I with self-actualization. As an Asian American immigrant myself, I’ve felt the pressure to succeed due to the sacrifices my parents have made to provide me the opportunities they never had, and sacrificing my mental health in the process. The immigrant generational gap is real.

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Active Minds

APRIL 5, 2023

As a daughter of immigrant parents, I am still both grateful and saddened by the awareness of my parents’ struggles in coming to the United States and working their way to their definition of success. These intrinsic and interpersonal barriers stretch back generations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

I grew up in a city with an HBCU (Hampton, Virgina), and my parents, maternal grandmother, and brother attended HBCUs. As a child, I remember how my parents and others in the community would speak fondly about their HBCU experiences and how these institutions were vital to the collective advancement of Black people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you're a first-gen college student, and you already went through so much to get your parent's information to fill out the FAFSA and all of that, and now you're hearing that you don't know when you're going to get that information. That's very disorienting,” Burmicky said. “The In the aftermath of the delay, ED announced Feb.

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The pain and grief we are going through are unimaginable, and no parent should have to go through what we are going through. That was when we decided that we had to turn our pain into purpose, and found Active Minds, who helped us engage our community thoughtfully in suicide prevention through fundraising.

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Active Minds

APRIL 21, 2023

Not only that, but my mother’s inability to be fully present in my life compared to the parents of my peers as a result of her demanding work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) left me a very reserved child. Now, as a 17-year-old freshman (almost sophomore!)

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College Aid Consulting Services

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Recently Elizabeth Spiers of Slate.com asked me to comment on one of their readers’ questions on divorced parents, college financial aid, & FAFSA. This advice also applies to step-parents, domestic partners, and others that want to help with the cost of education or don’t know to what extent they are responsible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nowadays, I continue to do research because it’s not enough to do research to be seen but to do work that helps people understand and grapple with power.” Seeing the job and class discrimination my immigrant parents faced encouraged me to become a union organizer for six years before becoming an academic,” explains Ramos. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Howard’s parents, Beverly Sisnett and Howard Caldwell, were among that group. Freeman, with helping students and parents realize that academic excellence was well within their reach. “He A lot of parents respected that he was trying to raise the bar of where he thought we could go,” says Howard. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2024

Additionally, using vocabulary such as “respect” and “appreciate” instead of more neutral words such as “tolerate” and “allow” can be helpful in building validating relationships, she added. Educators will do well to also consider students’ parents, he added. The goal is not to burden harmed individuals further.

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Counselors' Corner

MAY 8, 2024

Hint: Some of these parents will not come to a night presentation held at school. Take College Classes in High School The very best way to help students understand what college is all about is to have them go to college while in high school. It’s better if they buy in, but either way, it has to get out there, and early.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Additionally, many report not wanting to worry parents , siblings, and other family members about their conditions or issues. Start With the Basics: Education Explaining what mental health is and what it means to you can help your loved ones help you better deal with your situation.

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Counselors' Corner

APRIL 24, 2024

This is the time of year when many parents aren’t quite sure what to do with themselves. Experienced college parents suggest this approach: Make sure they don’t settle socially The best college experience comes for students who don’t simply trust their first roommate, dorm colleagues, and classmates will be lifelong chums.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Whether they are a first year student at a big university or small, there is a lot to manage on both the student, parent, and university side. Such programs play a vital role in helping new students acclimate to university life, fostering a sense of belonging, and providing essential information and support.

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Counselors' Corner

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Since the idea of a counseling curriculum seems to be just a little too abstract, it might be wise to introduce the idea by linking it to two things people know—parenting and learning. How they do so will vary greatly—but their ability to do so is dependent on parents, teachers, counselors, and all adults modeling the attitudes for them.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JULY 28, 2022

With that said, parents need to be savvy when it comes to the financial aid process. Parents should consider retaining professional guidance. Also, students should always pursue outside scholarships which will help to lower their out-of-pocket costs for a four education. Parents should set up a 529 plan early on.

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