Institutions that aspire to be truly inclusive must go beyond scholarships and access policies to embed financial literacy, ...

Members of the First Generation Student Union presented a proposal to create a first generation student resource center to the administration at its meeting Thursday. Drafted by Travis Ghirdharie ’17, ...

At Texas Woman's University, first generation students often participate in the "G-Force" program, in which they help prospective college students fill out applications and apply for financial aid.

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 ...

First-generation students made up nearly a record-high 24.2% of the 2025 nationwide entering class of law students, according to the American Bar Association. The association aims to form a community ...

Ball State University runs a number of summer bridge programs to smooth the transition for incoming first-year students. One of them, Jump Start, is a five-year-old initiative designed to help ...

The First-Generation College Celebration (FGCC) is held annually across the country on Nov. 8 to raise awareness of first-generation students and commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act of ...

・Federal law defines a first-generation college student as someone whose parent or parents did not complete a four-year degree, but colleges sometimes use their own definitions. ・First-generation ...