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ACE at 100: Increasing Access Through the American College Application Campaign

ACE — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:00:28 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that looks at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. In November 2005, Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City, North Carolina, hosted an event called College Application Day, with the goal of having every senior complete ...

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CSU Innovations In Developmental Education Will Support Those Who Need It Most

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:45:47 +0000

By Timothy P. White The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) predicts that the state’s workforce will be short one million bachelor’s degrees by the year 2030. In the fall of 2016, the California State University (CSU) launched Graduation Initiative 2025, a bold effort to reduce that shortfall by doubling graduation rates, which, with growth in enrollment, will lead to an ...

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Hamline University Equipping First Generation Students With Services and Support

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:23:55 +0000

Asking for help can be daunting on a college campus—just ask any first-year student. But for those who are the first in their family to attend college and may lack the built-in familial support systems that other students might have, it may be hard to even identify who to ask. A new program at Hamline University (MN) is making it easier ...

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Princeton’s Freshman Scholars Institute Provides Support for First-Generation and Low-Income Students

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:40:13 +0000

A Princeton University (NJ), summer program aims to give a group of entering students the chance to immerse themselves in the institution’s intellectual culture, engage with fellow scholars in community-building activities and work closely with faculty members. The goal of the Freshman Scholars Institute (FSI), a seven-week program that began July 9, is to help participants prepare to be future campus ...

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Ohio State Buckeyes Commit for Life, Four Years at a Time

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:58:07 +0000

A program at Ohio State University is giving new meaning to mentorship. Mentor-A-Buckeye is a unique mentorship initiative that pairs Ohio State undergraduates with ninth graders from underprivileged Columbus City Schools and a community leader who serves as a mentor to both students. The aim of the program is to motivate both the high school student and Ohio State undergraduate to ...

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Reimagining Remediation in Tennessee

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:52:09 +0000

Tristan Denley of the Tennessee Board of Regents discusses a pioneering approach to remediation for college students. For more on course redesign initiatives in Tennessee, read ACE’s Center for Policy Research and Strategy’s newly released paper, The Architecture of Innovation: System-Level Course Redesign in Tennessee. With implementation of the Tennessee Promise this fall, higher education is looking to Tennessee for lessons learned ...

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New CSUSM Center Helps Latinos Overcome Academic Obstacles

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:20:20 +0000

At California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), nearly 40 percent of the student body identifies as Latino. Unfortunately, many first-generation Latino students face major hurdles to pursuing a post-secondary education. And when they do enroll, they often find the transition challenging. That’s why CSUSM launched The Latin@ Center earlier this month to create a supportive academic and inclusive community for these ...

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Supporting First-Generation and Low-Income Students at the University of Florida

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:19:50 +0000

Leslie Pendleton and Dennis Kramer look at the success of the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program. A recent report by ACE titled Race, Class, and College Access: Achieving Diversity in a Shifting Legal Landscape urges higher education administrators to develop new approaches to diversifying their campuses. Providing first-generation and low-income college students access to large financial aid subsidies increases access, but ...

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Maricopa Community Colleges Help Foster Youth Transition to Success

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:40:23 +0000

Maricopa Community Colleges (AZ) recently launched a new project aimed at creating a community of support and access for youth aging out of the foster care system. The “Bridging Success Initiative” will help foster children get into and complete college by focusing on retention, degree completion and transfer. At each of the Maricopa Community Colleges campuses, students can receive support services ...

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Institutions Using Required Reading to Forge Campus Connections

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000

As colleges and universities gear up for the fall semester, many students are likely scrambling to finish one last task: summer reading. Many schools require incoming freshman, and sometimes the entire student body, to read one book in order to create academic and other connections across the campus community. Here’s what several of our member institutions are reading for this fall: ...

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UC San Diego Expands College Opportunities for Native Youth

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:11:01 +0000

Despite increases in postsecondary enrollment over the past decade, Native American youth don’t always view college as an option. That’s why the University of California, San Diego is partnering with the Sycuan and Viejas tribes to promote college culture in the San Diego region. UC San Diego’s new Global Environmental Leadership and Sustainability Program will enable middle and high school students ...

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Mapping New Pathways for Native Youth

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 26 May 2015 18:51:32 +0000

As the White House gears up to host the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering this July, Christine Nelson looks at efforts to expand higher education opportunities for American Indian and Alaskan Native students. When President Obama signed an executive order in 2011 directing federal agencies to help improve educational opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students, hopes were ...

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