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 ...

First-generation students face a host of barriers when they go to college. Terms commonly used in higher ed, like “registrar,” “provost” or “credit hours,” can be mystifying. They’re confronted with a ...

Finding community and belonging is a tall task for any newly inducted college student. But the stakes are even higher for those whose collegiate careers are unprecedented within their families. An ...

I am a first-generation high school graduate. That means I come from a family where the road to higher education wasn’t paved by my parents. My journey wasn’t inherited—it was imagined. I had to ...

A series of events will celebrate First-Generation college students the week of Nov. 4-8 at UNG. Article By: Denise Ray First-Generation college students will be honored at a series of events during ...

Growing up, education was one of the most important things in my household. My mom is a Jamaican immigrant, my dad is from the South Side of Chicago and my parents met while enlisted in the Navy.

If you're an incoming or returning second-year Michigan Tech student who is the first generation of your family to attend college (Meaning your primary FAFSA caretaker did not go to college, but you ...

CARBONDALE — About two of every five Southern Illinois University Carbondale students are first generation, meaning they are the first in their immediate family to earn a bachelor’s degree, and SIU ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—FirstGen Forward is recognizing Mississippi State as one of only 18 U.S. institutions of higher education among its newest class of FirstGen Forward Network Champions. A student ...

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 ...

CARBONDALE — A special celebration Nov. 5-13 will recognize a significant segment of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale student population — first generation Salukis. About two of every five ...