First Gen status needs to be embraced as an identity to be respected ... The others had seemed to have similar experiences and seemed to have lived differently than I, in many ways. For example, I had ...

I am the proud son of farmworkers, a first-generation college graduate and a living example of what’s possible when California invests in public higher education. Today, I serve as director of ...

At universities across the United States, the number of first-generation students—or students whose parents don’t hold ...

Sneha Sony, a freshman computer systems engineering major at the University of Georgia, is “charting a path that no one else ...

Miami’s First-Generation initiative seeks to build a community of first-generation college students and their allies while celebrating their resilience, tenacity, and achievements. The Student Success ...

We’ve heard the story before: the first-generation college student who beats the odds, navigates campus life without a roadmap, and earns a degree for their family, their community and themselves.

“For example, a scholarship flew across my desk looking for students who were first-generation students limited in their resources,” Towns says. “And because I knew students, I was able to ...

The First Generation Scholarship is awarded to first-generation and transfer students with significant financial need. A student is first generation if both parent(s) do not have a four-year college ...

If I did it, so can you! Being a first-generation and low-income student has shaped me into the strong, hardworking, and independent woman that I am graduating as. There are several resources on ...