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New College Programs Support and Mentor First-Generation Students

Insight Into Diversity

First-generation students, a predominantly non-White, intersectional population, face distinctive challenges as they navigate the complex path to an undergraduate degree. Students were also excited about the new resource page online and potential mentorship program.” This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those efforts took on new heft in October 2022, when CDU announced plans to launch its first independent four-year medical degree program. Already prospective students are starting to inquire” about how they can earn a degree in osteopathic medicine (O.D.), Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) will follow.

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Statehouses support foster youth with college

Inside Higher Ed

“They don’t have to have a four-year degree,” but “if they can do it and they want one, it’s vitally important that we come alongside them and help them.” ” Some recent efforts to help these students have involved increased funding in the form of state grants for foster youth attending college.

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