Alberto Llamas, an aspiring mariachi leader, encouraged his mother, one of his biggest fans, to return to college.

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

Being a first-generation college student means that survival is not a metaphor. It is a budget. It is a schedule. It is a ...

OU has a large population of first-generation students who face a unique set of hurdles while pursuing higher education, ...

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 ...

November 8 marked National First-Generation College Student Day, a day that commemorates the Higher Education Act of 1965, which opened doors to higher education for first-generation and low-income ...

Turning the tassel is a significant moment for everyone, especially for those first in their family to ever do so. First-generation students, or students whose parents didn’t complete a four-year ...

Across the U.S., graduation season is spotlighting both family milestones and first-generation student achievements. From New Mexico to Ohio, parents and children are graduating together, while in Las ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colleges can’t agree on how to define “first generation” students. And maybe that’s OK, according to a team of researchers. But institutions must be aware of even small differences in backgrounds — ...