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 campuses, ...

New Common App research shows that broad first- and continuing-generation labels can mask meaningful differences in student ...

Turning the tassel is a significant moment for everyone, especially for those first in their family to ever do so. First-generation students, or students whose parents didn’t complete a four-year ...

There are several resources on campus for first-generation and low-income students. From funding opportunities to a student-run resource center, we can help you settle in to college life. At Smith, we ...

How have your first-generation student experiences contributed to your personal and/or professional success? Being a first-generation college student made me more driven. I wanted to prove to everyone ...

In honor of 21 years of transformative leadership, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) recently announced the establishment of The President Paul J. LeBlanc First-Generation Scholarship Fund, ...

The University of Wisconsin recently announced the launch of the First-Generation Badgers program to help support first-generation students. According to a Sept. 27 news release from UW, the ...

Twenty percent of business owners in the U.S. are first-generation immigrants. When you consider that this same demographic only makes up 13% of the total population, you realize that there is ...

First-Gen at Purdue University. First-generation students are defined as those students that come from families where their parents or guardians did not complete a four-year college degree. Every year ...