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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Nina DeAgrela <<a href="mailto:tonina@mit.edu">tonina@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: First generation and/or low income focus group - tech cash for participants!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">February 27, 2020 at 3:28:23 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The First Generation/Low Income Working Group is looking for students to participate in a focus group about their experiences at MIT. Please consider signing up for one of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nina DeAgrela</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TL;DR</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MIT
seeks feedback about the experiences of undergraduate students from first-generation and/or low-income backgrounds. Sign up for a 90-minute focus group<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u><a href="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ikHWL86u5S1IwZ"><span style="color:#954F72">here. </span></a></u></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Earlier this academic year, Vice Chancellor Ian Waitz convened a group of MIT staff employees and students to learn more about the experiences and needs of our first-generation*
undergraduate students as well as those undergraduates from low-income** backgrounds. This First-Gen/Low Income Working Group is charged with identifying a cohesive strategy to better support these MIT student populations. In order to make well informed recommendations
to MIT Administration, we need your help.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you identify as either a first-generation or low-income student (or both), we invite you to participate in one of our upcoming focus groups to provide feedback about your
experience at MIT. Each focus group will last approximately 90 minutes and will provide you with an opportunity to provide feedback about your experience at MIT. After each focus group, participants will be asked to fill out a brief online survey. As an incentive,
each focus group participant will be given $10 in Tech Cash and we will also provide lunch or dinner.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Focus groups will be held at the following times:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested in participating, you may sign up<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u><a href="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ikHWL86u5S1IwZ"><span style="color:#954F72">here</span></a></u>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you, and please contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Kester<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Barrow (<a href="mailto:kdbarrow@mit.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">kdbarrow@mit.edu</span></a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*A first-generation student is defined as…A student who is First Generation is a student, domestic or international, where neither parent nor guardian has completed a baccalaureate
degree (typically a four [4] year college degree), in the United States, and would benefit from support navigating the US education system.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">**A low-income student is defined as…A student whose listed Family Contribution as a part of their financial aid package is less than (< $5,000)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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