Rutgers University

A First-Generation Student Bridges Disciplines and Finds Mentorship at the School of Public Health

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

Persistence Brought This First-Generation Student to a Career in Neuroscience

Persistence is also central to the questions he studies. His work examines how the brain generates responses that unfold over ...
Inside Higher Ed

Programming for First-Gen Students of All Degree Paths

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 ...
AOL

Report: First-generation college students graduate at lower rates

(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 ...
University of Delaware

First-generation success

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 ...

I'm a first-generation college student who refused to quit | Opinion

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 Daily Illini

First-generation students navigate unfamiliarity by seeking out resources

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

More first-generation students in Texas are applying for college

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