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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Merelyn Chavez never owned a computer before she enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023. She grew up in Greeley, the daughter of Mexican ...

Nearly one-third of students at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton are the very first in their families to go to college — they’re first generation. For them, walking on to FAU’s campus can ...

As a first-generation college graduate and the first-ever female, Hispanic president of St. Edward’s University in Austin, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. Education is a ...

When you do something that no one's done before, you're setting a precedent. You're the blueprint — the start of a new legacy. And if you're setting a precedent as the first person to do or achieve ...

More than two decades ago, Agustin and Erika Solis moved from Mexico to the U.S. and started a family. But life wasn’t easy. Neither had college degrees and finding stable work was difficult. The ...

First-generation students may have more obstacles to success in college if they lack family members who have been to college and can offer guidance. But researchers say the federal definition for ...

A recent report asks first-generation college students who are Mexican American to define what educational attainment means for them and what helps them achieve success. As higher education grows ...

・Federal law defines a first-generation college student as someone whose parent or parents did not complete a four-year degree, but colleges sometimes use their own definitions. ・First-generation ...