First-generation college student Brenda Martinez said the biggest challenge she faced when she first started attending Western Oregon University was understanding the full scope of what the university ...

First-generation students make up about one-third of college applicants, according to 2024 data from the Common App, but only 24 percent of first-generation college students graduate with a bachelor’s ...

Lee University hosted “First-Generation Week,” a celebration dedicated to supporting and raising awareness for first-generation students. This week-long series of events not only honored these ...

On Thursday, December 18, Mercy University announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Latino U College Access (LUCA), a leading Westchester County nonprofit dedicated to ...

First-generation college students are entering higher education and graduate school in record numbers. However, a new study ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Merelyn Chavez never owned a computer before she enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023. She grew up in Greeley, the daughter of Mexican ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - As the first in his family to attend college, Calvin University’s President Greg Elzinga said he understands firsthand the type of academic support needed for other students to have ...

Mathias Mulumba likes to let people know about the times he failed the GED or how his first math class at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction had him “seeing stars.” CMU “put me in the lowest ...

First-generation students can often feel alone or isolated on their college campuses, but a new initiative at the University of Texas, San Antonio, seeks to put first-generation student athletes in ...

For the eighth annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, 2024, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) hosted a networking event for graduate students who ...

Additionally, Dean Reneé Baernstein selected Professor of English TaraShea Nesbit as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding First-Generation Advocate Award, and both Ha and Jackson received the 2024 ...

When Emma Fankhauser finished up her high school classes, she had her eye on the military. The main reason? She thought it was her only option of getting from where she was to where she wanted to go. ...