Walking down a blue-speckled carpet in a Framingham hotel on Friday morning, Maximo “Danny” Williams passed booth after booth ...

When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students. A ...

New Common App research shows that broad first- and continuing-generation labels can mask meaningful differences in student ...

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 Johns Hopkins senior and first-generation college student Trace Terrell, a central part of his Hopkins experience has been mental health advocacy. Whether serving as president for the Active Minds ...

When Scott Robertson was a senior at Wayne High School in 2001, job opportunities in the area were starting to take a downward turn, and as a low-income student whose parents didn’t graduate from ...

・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 college students face many unique challenges when trying to navigate their collegiate experience. Florida ...

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 ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is celebrating National First-Generation College Student Week with a series of events recognizing students who are the first in their families to pursue a ...

You can study abroad and still stay on track academically and financially. Programs vary in length: summer, short-term, semester, and year-long options. Many programs allow you to complete major, ...

When you do something that no one's done before, you're setting a precedent. You're the blueprint — the start of a new legacy. And if you're setting a precedent as the first person to do or achieve ...