Arnold Mitchem
Arnold L. Mitchem is an American educator and executive who was the president and founder of the non-profit Council for Opportunity in Education in Washington, DC. He currently serves as President Emeritus for the organization.
Mitchem is an advocate for equal access to post-secondary education and success of students in the United States—which he views as an extension of the Civil Rights Movement. He is responsible for creating minority leadership for college access issues.
Mitchem formulated the concept of “first-generation” students. This term best described students he sought to assist. It also moved access issues beyond racial boundaries to show that access to education was a more widespread problem in the United States. The concept of "First Generation" students was adopted in the re-authorization of the Higher Education Act of 1980.
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