First-generation students are twice as likely to leave college without completing a bachelor’s degree than their peers, even if they come from higher-income backgrounds and come to college ...

Florida International University has been named one of 18 champions of first-generation student success in 2025 by FirstGen Forward, a nationwide initiative by NASPA (the National Association for ...

New data shows that Texas' efforts to expand college readiness and affordability are shepherding more students to apply, advancing the state’s essential goal of graduating 60% of working-age Texans ...

Mathias Mulumba likes to let people know about the times he failed the GED or how his first math class at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction had him “seeing stars.” CMU “put me in the lowest ...

Growing up, education was one of the most important things in my household. My mom is a Jamaican immigrant, my dad is from the South Side of Chicago and my parents met while enlisted in the Navy.

We’ve heard the story before: the first-generation college student who beats the odds, navigates campus life without a roadmap, and earns a degree for their family, their community and themselves.