The University of Texas, San Antonio, designed custom patches for athletes’ uniforms to celebrate their first-generation ...

A new book argues for a renewed focus on the strengths of first-generation students, not just their challenges.

As the first in my family to attend college, I felt a profound commitment to excel academically and gain admission to a top university. Growing up amid the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley, I ...

FirstGen Forward, formerly the Center for First-generation Student Success, recently announced SUNY Oneonta as one of 60 new members of its network for 2025-26. To be selected as a FirstGen ...

Sandra Bulmer was a first generation college student who had to pay her own way through school. Now she’s leading a college, Southern Connecticut State University, whose students largely mirror her ...

In interviews with ABC News, first-generation college students from low-income families described a financial shock from COVID-19 that’s threatened to upend their dreams.

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

When Robert Clay was a student at Pine Forest High School, he dreamed of playing college basketball. But as a first-generation college student, Clay felt the idea of college was overwhelming. He ...

Fuji Adachi was a mathematician and the first program director of Student Educational Opportunity, the department at UW that now houses five federal TRIO programs, as well as GEAR UP Wyoming. He is ...