Eryn Bostwick said that her high student-loan payments have prevented her from moving forward with IVF treatment.

In 2019, Mikell Quiroga immigrated from Colombia to New Jersey in search of opportunity, which he imagined would involve the ...

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 ...

Mahogany Hodge is a mother, an entrepreneur, a teacher, a musician and so much more. This year, she also became a first-generation college graduate, fulfilling a dream of breaking generational curses ...

(The Center Square) First-generation college students are entering higher education and graduate school in record numbers.

Now in its third year, the graduate division Promise Fellowship Program at UC Santa Barbara provides first-generation college students from low-income households with financial support to pursue ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — About one-third of the more than 19,000 undergraduates at the University at Buffalo are the first in their family to attend college. This percentage has grown steadily over the past ...

PORTAGE, MI -- In his first speech to the Portage Public Schools staff as their new superintendent, Johnny Edwards had his father nearby. Edwards used the opportunity to tell his family story and his ...

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 ...

Have you ever felt like being a first gen graduate plays a role in how you build your network and shapes your workplace experience? As a first-generation graduate, you bring unique strengths and ...