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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deciding whether to pursue a bachelor’s degree is a monumental choice, especially for students whose parents have not attended college themselves. College opens doors to socio-economic opportunity, ...

Understanding the experiences and needs of first-generation college students can be a challenge for college and institutional leaders, in part because there is no common definition of a ...

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 ...

What programs are available for first-generation students at Purdue? Purdue has many programs for first-generation students. The two primary programs are Horizons and Purdue Promise. We encourage all ...

A new school year has begun, and many students are embarking on an exciting yet unfamiliar journey: their first year of college. This moment of transition presents different challenges for those who ...

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, ...

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 ...