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Nationally, 54% of undergraduates identify as first-generation college students (Center for First-generation Student Success, 2024). And often unspoken in our conversations about #firstgen is its intersection with family income. Parental income for first-generation college students remained steady at $41,000 since data was last published by the Center for First-generation Student Success, and this highlights the continued need for services (#TRIOworks) and financial supports that empower our first-gen students to keep pursuing their educational and career goals. Bringing it down to the lived experience level, there is an indelible quality to the first-generation student experience that connects all of us that have and continue to trek on the journey. To be first-gen is to punch an entrance ticket to a world we and our families didn't know previously. It's a testament that we dream big and go the distance, in spite of the systemic inequities that undergird our higher education system, particularly in our rural communities. We are poverty cycle breakers; we are worthy of the opportunity that education beyond high school affords us. Thankful to continue doing the work in supporting our #Scholars in community with my colleagues at The Ford Family Foundation and our wonderful campus partners!

The best Christmas gift is the UT System sharing our designers' hard work! Check out the article below for more Go West news!

Upon learning of the demise of Wells College, someone from Elon University commented that "it is not necessarily a bad thing". It most certainly is a bad thing for the students directly impacted by this and the faculty and administrators who are about to lose their jobs. One of the things that has always bothered me about working in higher education is the lack of empathy or understanding when something bad happens to another college or university. So much for collegiality. #globalthoughts #intled #intleducation #internationaleducation #highereducation #highered https://lnkd.in/ePAeMThK

SAVE the DATE: Higher Education Power Breakfast for Crain's Grand Rapids. September 26, 2024 -Meijer Gardens. West Michigan’s colleges and universities contribute to the community in many ways. They are economic drivers through significant construction projects, talent attraction and retention efforts, health and technology research, and workforce development. We talk to the presidents of Grand Valley State University, Ferris State University and Grand Rapids Community College about how and why they are driving economic development and what to expect in the future. https://lnkd.in/gRMpvPys

The University of Florida Board of Trustees Friday unanimously approved plans to establish a $300 million graduate campus in #Jacksonville that could one day span 22 acres in the historic LaVilla neighborhood. Modeled in the image of Water Street in Tampa and Emerson College in Boston, the project is hoped to revitalize the west side of downtown, specifically the area around the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center. Here's what's next https://lnkd.in/eJqf8f6Z

Wall Street Journal - Top Public and Private Colleges in the Northeast: Baruch and Princeton head these lists from the WSJ/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking Baruch College is the top public school in the Northeast and Princeton University is the region’s top private school. Baruch in No. 1 nationwide among schools that offer the best value, and Princeton is No. 3 on that list. Baruch also is among the 10 colleges nationally that do the most to help their students climb the socioeconomic ladder. https://lnkd.in/ecReXXTx #BaruchCollege #WSJ

🗺️ Exploring the Maryland college scene! 🎓 Where did you get your degree or where are you hitting the books now? Share your school pride below! 👇 #MarylandLocalBusinesses #Maryland #CollegeBound #MarylandMap #MDColleges #StudentLife #CollegePride

For this week's College Viability report, we look at private, regional colleges in New York state. I list the TOP and bottom for: + Enrollment + 4-year graduation rates + Admissions yield + Endowment value + Tuition & Fee revenue + Institutional grants (unfunded, aka merit aid, many scholarships,) Here is a list of private New York colleges with the TOP 4-year undergraduate graduation rates: 1. Hamilton College 2. Colgate University 3. Barnard College 4. Vassar College 5. Webb Institute 6. Skidmore College Here is a list of private New York colleges with the bottom (only 30-45% in 2022) 4-year undergraduate graduation rates: 1. D'Youville University 2. Mercy College 3. Davis College 4. Long Island University 6. St. Francis College (NOTE: sadly, there are many with lower 4-year graduation rates than these.) six. https://lnkd.in/gmKSyHts

Georgia State University has received an $80 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, which will go toward a major revitalization of the downtown Atlanta campus. https://lnkd.in/gUjzX5Zv #georgiastateuniversity #college4careers

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