First-generation college students are less alone than they were a decade ago. Today, more than half of America’s undergraduate students have parents who never got bachelor’s degrees. Many ...

Student-run organizations, like First Gen United at GWU, help connect new students to a larger cohort of first-generation students across their college or campus, and host social and academic events.

First-generation college students across the U.S. bring dedication, grit and fresh perspectives to their higher education institutions. Many of them also face more academic and financial ...

WASHINGTON — Two D.C. leaders teamed up to help first-generation college students realize their dreams. A small idea can make a significant impact. Back in 2018, Patrice Lancaster and Marc ...

What First Generation College Students Really Need Students who are the first in their family to attend college cite mental health support as the single most important resource schools can provide.

But Metz thinks a universal guide on how to complete various general college-related tasks should be made readily available to any soon-to-be undergraduate, particularly first-generation students.

As a first-generation college graduate and the first-ever female, Hispanic president of St. Edward’s University in Austin, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. Education is ...

First-generation college students, or students whose parents have not earned a four-year degree, face unique psychological challenges. Although perhaps supportive of higher education, their ...

Matt Rubinoff, executive director of I'm First, an initiative of the Center for Student Opportunity, a nonprofit aimed at supporting first-generation college students, said that while low-income ...

For first-generation college students like me, this is a common reality. In 2018, I was eager to start my college career at California State University, Northridge. I didn’t know anyone there — or ...

Being first gen means that your parents or legal guardians did not complete a bachelor’s degree, and this describes 15% of all Hope College students. It also means that you are particularly well ...

She initially saw her identity as a first-gen student as a stigma, she said. Once she found a community of people who were also first-generation students, she saw the importance of her story. UI ...