Resources for Student Affairs Professionals
College Board:
A resource for professionals who work as an advisor or counselor for high school students, it provides a list of strategies for working with first-generation students.
NACADA – National Academic Advising Association:
Council for Opportunity in Education (COE):
A national nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to expand college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities. More than 1,000 colleges and agencies are members. It is mandated by Congress that two-thirds of the students served by COE must come from families with incomes under $34,375, where neither parent graduated from college. The COE works with colleges and agencies to support the Federal TRIO programs.
NCORE – Annual National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education:
Launched in 1988 to provide an annual forum for issues of multiculturalism, campus racial climates, and educational access and success for racially diverse, traditionally underrepresented student populations.
NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education’s Latino/a Knowledge Community:
Promotes the empowerment of NASPA members through education, research, shared knowledge, mentoring initiatives, and the use of online forums to disseminate information and facilitate discourse. Actively develops and encourages cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and awareness while celebrating the unique differences inherent in the Latino/a community, thus enhancing understanding of student learning and development.
ACPA: College Student Educators International’s Latin@ Network:
Provides a variety of professional development opportunities for its members by sponsoring Latino interest programs, network meetings, and the maintenance of a national listserv. Additionally, acts as a social vehicle to promote networking opportunities and an informal social support.
A resource for professionals who work as an advisor or counselor for high school students, it provides a list of strategies for working with first-generation students.
NACADA – National Academic Advising Association:
Council for Opportunity in Education (COE):
A national nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to expand college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities. More than 1,000 colleges and agencies are members. It is mandated by Congress that two-thirds of the students served by COE must come from families with incomes under $34,375, where neither parent graduated from college. The COE works with colleges and agencies to support the Federal TRIO programs.
NCORE – Annual National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education:
Launched in 1988 to provide an annual forum for issues of multiculturalism, campus racial climates, and educational access and success for racially diverse, traditionally underrepresented student populations.
NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education’s Latino/a Knowledge Community:
Promotes the empowerment of NASPA members through education, research, shared knowledge, mentoring initiatives, and the use of online forums to disseminate information and facilitate discourse. Actively develops and encourages cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and awareness while celebrating the unique differences inherent in the Latino/a community, thus enhancing understanding of student learning and development.
ACPA: College Student Educators International’s Latin@ Network:
Provides a variety of professional development opportunities for its members by sponsoring Latino interest programs, network meetings, and the maintenance of a national listserv. Additionally, acts as a social vehicle to promote networking opportunities and an informal social support.