"We define first-generation on SNHU's campus as a student who does not live with a parent or guardian who earned a bachelor's degree on a traditional college campus," said Dr. Lynn Zlotkowski, a ...

This year, Augustana College has 450 students who are the first in their family to enroll in higher education — about 19% of the overall student body.

Aspiring first-generation college students and their families go on a tour of the University of Colorado on Dec. 7, 2024, in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post) ...

The number of first-generation students at UC has skyrocketed, and students who go through the scholarship program known as Gen-1 have some of the highest graduation rates at the university.

Surrounded by fellow first-generation South Central College students, business management student and mother of two April Khemphomma tears up telling her own story. “My parents were immigrants ...

At Indiana University South Bend, first-generation college students make up 32% of our total student population. That percentage translates into nearly 1,500 students.

The college serves first-generation high-financial-need students at the former Pine Manor College campus in Brookline. The college opened its doors in July to its inaugural class of 110 students.

According to the Center for First-Generation Student Success, 54% of undergraduates in 2020 were first-generation college students, defined as those whose parents do not have a bachelor’s degree ...

Luther College has become one of 80 new members of the FirstGen Forward Network, formerly known as the Center for First-generation Student Success. Among Iowa institutions, Luther joins the University ...

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee in the College of Education & Human Development hosted a First-Generation College Students' Professional Pathways panel discussion and mixer for students ...

Roughly a third of students at Florida Atlantic University are the first in their families to go to college. For many of them, walking onto campus can feel like crossing over into a whole new world.

First-generation, pre-college students can find out more about college at a free conference from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Innovation Center, 33 Quail Road in Longmont.