Sentences with phrase «generation college students face»

Low - income, first - generation college students face long odds.

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But the bottom line is this: Millennials face an impossibly high amount of student debt, their college degrees don't hold the same value as they did in previous generations, and this has influenced a new approach to life — one that integrates life and work as one unified concept.

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.

This documentary explores the problem of college access faced by first generation and low - income students and how their success has major implications for the future of our nation.

But after Massachusetts adopted the Common Core State Standards in 2010, its education leaders faced a decision: whether to stick with MCAS, which it had already revised to align with the Common Core, or switch to a «next - generation» test that was specifically designed for the Common Core — and to assess students» readiness for college.

One of you published an op - ed in a South Carolina newspaper on the challenges that face low - income, first generation college students, like many of us once were.

First - generation (FG) college students (students for whom neither parent has a 4 - year degree) face a number of challenges as they attempt to obtain a post-secondary degree.

Both low - income and first - generation students face the additional challenge of applying for financial aid and understanding which colleges offer sufficiently generous packages (Kuh et al., 2006).

Degrees of Hope: Redefining Access for 21st Century Students depicts the lives of five college students — a first - generation student, a community college transfer student, a veteran, an online learner, and an adult learner — and the barriers they faced accessing higher edStudents depicts the lives of five college students — a first - generation student, a community college transfer student, a veteran, an online learner, and an adult learner — and the barriers they faced accessing higher edstudents — a first - generation student, a community college transfer student, a veteran, an online learner, and an adult learner — and the barriers they faced accessing higher education.