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Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas is vice provost, dean for undergraduate education and a professor of American Studies at University of California, Davis.

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First-generation students at University of California, Davis.
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Opinion, Race and Equity

OPINION: UC Davis to first-gen students: “You belong here”

Carolyn Thomas by Carolyn Thomas September 26, 2017April 8, 2021

I stand in front of an auditorium of 300 students at a new student orientation, and half of them are raising their hands. I’ve just asked them a question: How many of you are the first in your family to attend college? At first, the hands stagger up, tentatively. Then I ask them to look […]

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