Sentences with phrase «generation college»

As a first generation college student who came from a poor background, this cause is near and dear to my heart.

As a first generation college student from a low - income inner city community, I feel a sense of responsibility for breaking the cycle of poverty in my family.

This early college high school helps first - generation college goers gain the self - management skills they need.

High school counselors can be the secret weapon in winning admissions for first - generation college applicants.

These programs for first generation college students seek to give students both a sense of belonging and strategies for learning.

She is the youngest of three and a first generation college graduate in her family.

But many parents of first generation college students understand the life - changing opportunity that higher education represents.

How can an understanding of adolescent development inform strategies and practices for supporting first - generation college goers?

Through her work at the Whittier College Center for Engagement with Communities (CEC), Jafet worked on increasing college access among local first generation college bound students in partnership with the Whittier Union High School District and the El Rancho Unified High School District.

Fifty - six percent of High Tech High graduates are first generation college attendees.

Duta is the youngest of three and a third generation college graduate.

Because many first - generation graduates come from less affluent families, such socioeconomic differences are common, says Rebecca Lamb, assistant professor of plant cellular and molecular biology at Ohio State University in Columbus and a first - generation college grad.

I am a fourth generation college graduate.

Marcey Sorensen, EdD Urban Education Leadership» 14, works with teachers at Roberto Clemente High School to create college immersion experiences for the school's predominantly Latino, first - generation college prospective students.

Deep cuts to higher education are pushing black, Latino and other first - generation college hopefuls out of a path to upward economic mobility, a new report shows.

Many of his efforts revolve around providing funding to rural schools and first - generation college prospects.

Navigating the college process can be daunting for some students, particularly first generation college students from low income homes (FGLI) who often face unique barriers to postsecondary enrollment and degree attainment.

Nov. 21, 2013 Assessing and Building Resilience in Low - Income and First - Generation College Bound Students

Duane is a first generation college graduate who values the profound difference public educators have made in his life.

The goals of Early College are to welcome students of racial and ethnic minorities, low - income families, first generation college attendees, and / or English language learners to higher education.

I'm a first - generation college student, so I felt less prepared than my peers who were from families that had been through the application process before.

And while she celebrated her acceptance to Yale by ordering Papa John's, Williams, who will be a first generation college student this fall, ultimately chose Auburn University.

«Most of our employees wouldn't have an idea of how to fill out a grant,» says Selfridge, who points out that many employees hired by the restaurant chain would be first - generation college students.

First - generation college students and underrepresented minorities benefit from Global EIR mentors providing an introduction to entrepreneurship with up - to - date experience to prepare them for a future career ever more focused on innovation and creativity.

I was a poor, Mexican - American boy, a first - generation college student; itinerant and bright, raised in the Catholic Church, full of pious ideas and wet dreams and, thanks to the philanthropy of Bill and Melinda Gates, enrolled at a devout Catholic college to study the great books, philosophy, and all that jazz.

(Ask any prospective first - generation college student about the disadvantages of not knowing what you don't know.)

They supported each other as first generation college students and in their careers in medicine and business.

A first - generation college student, barely covering tuition, Torres ran out of grocery money halfway through the ye...

A first - generation college student, barely covering tuition, Torres ran out of grocery money halfway through the year and began skipping meals as a result.

«Many of our graduates are first - generation college students and will benefit tremendously from having the mentoring program as a resource.»

All these issues face Long Island's community colleges, which together serve more than 40,000 students and are widely regarded as an essential gateway to higher education for nontraditional and first - generation college students.

For a host of reasons, the challenges of scientific career advancement can be especially daunting for women, foreign trainees, racial and ethnic minorities, and first - generation college students; mentorship can help bridge this gap.

MarYam Hamedani (Stanford University) will discuss work on how difference - education interventions can successfully educate students about social difference and improve first - generation college students» grades.

Moreover, many first - generation college students believe that seeking help confirms the notion that they are not capable.

Vertex university scholarships, for example, include ongoing help for first - generation college students and others who might need extra mentoring.

The challenges of scientific career advancement can be especially daunting for women, foreign trainees, racial and ethnic minorities, and first - generation college students; mentorship can help bridge this gap

An extra difficulty for working - class students and faculty is that they must learn to straddle two different worlds, says Peter Mather, an associate professor in counseling and higher education at Ohio University in Athens, who supervised a Ph.D. dissertation on the subject, Exploring the Pathways to the Professoriate Taken by First Generation College Students, written by James Lester.

In a 2007 review of the accessibility of the Ph.D. and professoriate to first - generation college graduates, Kevin Kniffin, who today is doing a postdoc at Cornell University, traced growing socioeconomic disparities within academia all the way up to the professor level.

«Exploring the Pathways to the Professoriate Taken by First Generation College Students,» by James Lester

As a first - generation college student from a working - class background, educated at a state university, he didn't know his way around the academic system.

First - generation college students, pupils from public (as opposed to elite private) high schools, and students from financially disadvantaged families are all underrepresented in the undergraduate population.

«[D] isproportionately few first - generation college graduates who earn the PhD are employed as faculty members at national research universities,» Kniffin concluded.

«Accessibility to the PhD and Professoriate for First - Generation College Graduates: Review and Implications for Students, Faculty, and Campus Policies,» by Kevin Kniffin