The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

By 2014, for lower-income students (those eligible for a federal Pell grant), it reached 51 percent — nearly the same as for non-Pell students. Its graduation rate for first-generation students went up 32 percent between 2010 and 2014. It means I have a level of comfort here,” said Lewis, a junior sociology major.

Sociology 112

Sociology Advocacy Psychology Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

“Until we had a deep look at ourselves, we didn’t realize that we were selling them [students] short,” said James Capp, assistant provost for academic operations and planning at Florida Atlantic University, which Dickinson attends and where, as recently as 2014, fewer than one in five students was managing to graduate within four years.

Sociology 128

Sociology Political Science Advocacy Economics 128

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two.

Psychology 130

Psychology Advocacy Sociology Anthropology 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Fewer than 20 percent of her classmates who entered San Jose State in 2014 finished in four years — less than half the national average. Today, Mora is an associate professor of sociology at Berkeley and a mentor to other first-generation college students. It was they who were defying the odds. That didn’t make Deas feel any better.

Education 104

Education Tutoring Advocacy High School 104