At SUNY Cortland, we proudly recognize our first-generation students, faculty, and staff. Being the first in your family to attend a four-year college is a remarkable achievement, and we recognize the ...

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 ...

First To Go hosted events at First-Generation Awareness Week last week on campus. A first-generation student’s parents or guardians do not have a four-year bachelor’s degree from a United States ...

When you do something that no one's done before, you're setting a precedent. You're the blueprint — the start of a new legacy. And if you're setting a precedent as the first person to do or achieve ...

When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students. A ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Des Moines Area Community College is recommitting itself to supporting first-generation college students with its admittance to the FirstGen Forward Network, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - First-generation students at Washburn University were inducted into Alpha Alpha Alpha on Sunday. Tri-Alpha is a national honor society that recognized first generation academic ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Thursday that $5 million in state grants will support first-generation students’ access to higher education during the coming academic year. These funds, which are ...

First-generation students make up half of all undergraduates, but only one quarter of them retain and graduate with a degree. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed ...