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A Healthier Me At Hope

Hope College Network

I came to Hope as a freshman in the fall of 2018 with unbelievable expectations and hopes for what my first year in college would be. I would meet my roommate and become best friends. College, how hard could it be if I managed to get through high school. I thought about the free access to an exercise facility and how I would take advantage of that daily, without excuses.

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Terminalfour social media news round-up

Terminalfour

This month we’re reviewing social media trends, offering quick-to-read social media news guaranteed to keep you up to speed and ahead of the competition.

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College Finances: Not Only a First-Generation Struggle

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

by Terri E. Givens. There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially. As someone who was a low-income, first-generation college student, I am painfully aware of the financial issues that students face when they arrive on a college campus.

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

A student graduates high school, goes on to college, completes his or her degree in four years, and then either continues to grad school or enters the workforce. by Shelley Seale. That is what the education-to-career path has traditionally looked like — but today’s typical higher education student is just as likely to be older when they enter (or return to) university, working while in school, a parent, a first-generation student — or any combination of these.