(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 ...

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 ...

Six years after joining the University of Mississippi as the first in her family to attend college, Victoria Amari has earned ...

For many first-generation college students, the path to higher education is anything but straightforward. A first-generation student is a person whose parents did not complete a four-year degree. And ...

The Brief10,000 Degrees, a San Rafael-based education nonprofit, has helped more than 80,000 students graduate college in its ...

Dora Crespo ’26 encourages first-year students to use their college career as an opportunity to discover what they are passionate about. Dora Crespo ’26 graduated with a bachelor's degree in ...

Cayro Bustos grew up hearing the same refrain from his father, a Mexican immigrant who spent his life doing landscaping and tree trimming. If Bustos stayed in school and became a lawyer, he could work ...

The John Ramirez Jr. Scholarship for First Generation Students officially announces the opening of its annual application cycle ...