A five-year-old program at California State University, Fullerton, provides personalized support and mentorship to first-generation students, as well as priority placement for microinternships.

Wilmington College has always been an institution willing to go the extra mile to make higher education accessible to diverse ...

While first-generation students are a growing population in higher education, they remain less likely to retain or complete a credential, compared to their continuing-generation peers. A new ...

(Peter Julian) For first-generation college students, arriving on campus represents a milestone, a triumph over considerable odds. But it’s also only a beginning, and the rest of the way isn’t ...

student organizations, etc.). So, I did not get involved and struggled through on my own. It was afterwards that I realized how much I had missed out on during my undergraduate college experience. My ...

First-generation BC sophomore Kae'la Powell-Cobbs '25, juniors Ricardo Mora and Sebastian Cota '24, and senior Angeles Cruz are among the 1,040 Boston College undergraduates who are the first in their ...

The Office for Student Equity and the First Gen Family at Saint Mary’s College presented their second part of their “Being __ ...

The median income of first-generation students’ parents was $41,000 in both 2016 and 2020, according to data from national organization FirstGen Forward. Conversely, the median income of non ...

For many first-generation and low-income students, the road to a college degree is filled with financial, emotional and ...

The median income of first-generation students’ parents was $41,000 in both 2016 and 2020, according to data from national organization FirstGen Forward. Conversely, the median income of non-first-gen ...