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Download full textHolt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
In 2016, a higher education task force of St. Louis Graduates (STLG), a collaborative network whose mission is to increase degree completion for low income students, first-generation students, and students of color from St. Louis, commissioned this study from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC). Through discussion, the following goals…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
The higher education landscape is becoming increasingly more adverse for students of color, first-generation students, and low-income students. Postsecondary enrollment and completion rates for traditionally underrepresented populations continue to be disproportionately lower than for their more advantaged peers (Chen & Carroll, 2005; Nunez…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
In 2016, a higher education task force of St. Louis Graduates (STLG), a collaborative network whose mission is to increase degree completion for low income students, first-generation students, and students of color from St. Louis, commissioned this study from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC). Through discussion, the following goals…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
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Direct linkRumann, Corey B.; Hamrick, Florence A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
The purpose of this chapter is to offer frameworks and considerations for student affairs professionals seeking to serve the transition needs of the current generation of student veterans. The historical intersections of the military and higher education, particularly with respect to the effects of the draft on students and higher education,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, Military Service, Veterans
Ford, Deborah; Northrup, Pamela; Wiley, Lusharon – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Active-duty personnel, reservists, veterans, and their spouses or dependents represent 30% of the 10,000 students at the University of West Florida (UWF). With base realignment activities, a rise in the number of troops returning from deployments, and an increase in military-affiliated students on campus, the needs of veterans and their families…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, Military Service, College Students
Baechtold, Margaret; De Sawal, Danielle M. – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
The number of women veterans attending college is increasing. This suggests that campus professionals need to become aware of how issues associated with mental health, sexual assault, and gender identity may influence how women veterans make the transition into the higher education environment. This chapter addresses the special needs of women…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, War, Violence
Obi, Sunday O. – Educational Considerations, 2006
For many ethnically diverse students with learning disabilities, participation in postsecondary education is necessary. However, to achieve this goal, a comprehensive transition planning is essential. As a consequence, postsecondary personnel must collaborate with others to ensure nondiscriminatory but sensible treatment of ethnically diverse…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Students, Ethnic Diversity, Learning Disabilities
