11. Provide opportunities for students of color, first-generation students, and students with lower incomes to support the recruitment, admissions, and persistence of prospective students.
Here’s what institutional leaders can do:
- Higher education institutions should recruit students of color, first-generation students, and students with lower incomes to serve as tour guides, resident advisors, and admissions staff. Students should be compensated appropriately for their work.
All students can benefit when they feel understood and reflected across the campus community where they live and learn. Higher education institutions have the opportunity to provide first-generation students with a stronger sense of belonging by ensuring that their admissions offices and housing facilities are diverse and staffed with students they can connect with.