For Abanoub Armanious, the journey to public health wasn’t mapped out in advance. As a first-generation graduate student at ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Being a first-generation college student means that survival is not a metaphor. It is a budget. It is a schedule. It is a ...

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 ...

When Rachel King grad reached out to Felicia New grad about founding an organization for first-generation and low-income students in Cornell’s graduate programs, she leapt at the chance. As a ...

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Being a first-generation student means more than just earning a degree. It also entails navigating unfamiliarity without a ...