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 ...

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 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 ...

Get to know the community at Kellogg. The First-Generation Student Association is a new club on campus that seeks to foster a thriving community of college first-generation MBA students. Your MBA ...

For the eighth annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8, 2024, Brandeis University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) hosted a networking event for graduate students who ...

Six years after starting college, 24 percent of first-generation students and 59 percent of continuing-generation students earned a bachelor’s degree, according to FirstGen Forward, which released a ...

Luther College has become one of 80 new members of the FirstGen Forward Network, formerly known as the Center for First-generation Student Success. Among Iowa institutions, Luther joins the University ...

Princeton defines first-generation students as students who are the first in their families to attend college. Such students are a growing minority on campus. As their presence increases, so does ...

Check out our Community Directory of staff and administrators at Northwestern who were all first generation college students. Learn more about their journeys and reach out to connect. Being ...

Student support services at U.S. universities are often centered on siloed, rigid categories: undergraduate athletes and non-athletes, domestic and international students, or first-generation and ...

Ten Missouri students were honored at the state capitol Friday for award-winning essays on why they are proud to be American.

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, ...