Navigating, applying and attending college for the first time is a difficult feat for any student. First-generation students ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLATTSBURGH — SUNY Plattsburgh will join colleges and universities across the country celebrating first-generation college ...

For some first-generation college students, graduation guilt holds us back from celebrating the accomplishment.

The John Ramirez Jr. Scholarship is open to current undergraduate students enrolled in any accredited college or university within the United States. To be eligible, applicants must identify as ...

Mara Tieken's new book Educated Out Educated Out shares the stories of nine rural, first-generation students navigating life at an elite liberal arts college. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) ...

Amid demographic shifts and a decline in the number of college-age students, Messina College in Brookline is appealing to one ...

First-generation students can often feel alone or isolated on their college campuses, but a new initiative at the University of Texas, San Antonio, seeks to put first-generation student athletes in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sandra Bulmer was a first generation college student who had to pay her own way through school. Now she’s leading a college, ...

・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 ...

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 ...

PLATTSBURGH — SUNY Plattsburgh will join colleges and universities across the country celebrating first-generation college students during First-Generation College Celebration Week from Nov. 3 to Nov.