The Office of Transition Programs & Initiatives will host a celebration to honor the successes of graduating first-generation ...

This year, The Peninsula College Fund (PCF) is celebrating 20 years of building pathways for first-generation, low-income ...

Purdue senior Toni Joyner says the best thing about being a first-generation college student was that it provided her with a clean slate. “It allowed me to make this journey completely my own because ...

For some first-generation college students, graduation guilt holds us back from celebrating the accomplishment.

Navigating, applying and attending college for the first time is a difficult feat for any student. First-generation students ...

I am a first-generation high school graduate. That means I come from a family where the road to higher education wasn’t paved by my parents. My journey wasn’t inherited—it was imagined. I had to ...

Being a first-generation college student is something I carry with great pride, but it is also a role that comes with a lot of learning curves. When I first arrived on campus, I did not have a clear ...

Deciding whether to pursue a bachelor’s degree is a monumental choice, especially for students whose parents have not attended college themselves. College opens doors to socio-economic opportunity, ...