(The Center Square) – First-generation college students are entering higher education and graduate school in record numbers. However, a new study reveals they still face significantly lower graduation ...

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, one-third of all college students in the United States are ...

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 ...

For many first-generation college students, the path to higher education is anything but straightforward. A first-generation student is a person whose parents did not complete a four-year degree. And ...

Dora Crespo ’26 encourages first-year students to use their college career as an opportunity to discover what they are passionate about. Dora Crespo ’26 graduated with a bachelor's degree in ...

Cayro Bustos grew up hearing the same refrain from his father, a Mexican immigrant who spent his life doing landscaping and tree trimming. If Bustos stayed in school and became a lawyer, he could work ...

Nearly 50 students were honored at Knox College for being the first in their families to earn a college degree.

Six years after joining the University of Mississippi as the first in her family to attend college, Victoria Amari has earned ...

UC Santa Cruz Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) is proud to celebrate National First-Generation Week, taking place November 3–7, with a series of events honoring the resilience, leadership, and ...