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Reimagining Conference Design

What design features can we take from the virtual conference environment that can lead to more inclusive practices for individuals with disabilities?

Katherine Lawlor, M.Ed. / July 28, 2020
4 Steps to Centering First-Gen Student Success with Chatbots

Learn how to develop, implement, and evaluate new technologies on your campus while keeping student voices at the center of your process.

Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities / July 27, 2020
First-Generation College Celebration Main 2022
Center Newsletter 7.21.20

In this edition: First-Generation College Celebration and Grant Opportunity; NASPA Scholarship; GAP Application Open

FirstGen Forward / July 21, 2020
Rocks on the back of first-generation grads attending law school

This article examines inequity in modern legal education in ten charts, emphasizing the debt loads and employment prospects of underserved groups.

Legal Evolution / July 21, 2020
Writing to Belong

Authors of a new paper on a first-year writing intervention warn that cultivating students’ sense of belonging is now more important than ever.

Inside Higher Ed / July 20, 2020
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In Support of the Black First-generation Community

The Center would like to uplift our Black first-generation students, staff, faculty, administrators, and service workers at institutions of higher education across the nation and celebrate their tremendous contributions.

FirstGen Forward / July 20, 2020
COVID-19: Grad and professional students facing greater disparities

From surveying five peer institutions, the GradSERU found disparities in graduate and professional students’ experiences during COVID-19.

Minnesota Daily / July 17, 2020
A Disappearing ‘College Experience’ Could Have Grave Consequences

For first-generation students, the trappings of that "true college experience" can be among the key forces keeping educational dreams alive.

The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 17, 2020
Public Viewpoint: COVID-19 Work and Education Survey

This nationally representative survey is intended to provide insights to those who are navigating the COVID-19 crisis.

Strada Education Network / July 15, 2020
What's the Value of Harvard Without a Campus?

For students from low-income backgrounds, the coronavirus has unraveled years of hard work and extracurricular hustle on an Ivy League campus.

The New York Times / July 11, 2020
The University of Maine at Farmington's First-gen Celebration

From planning to questioning, thinking to doing, and gathering to listening, first-gen students are honored not as people with less but rather as people with much to offer our college community.

Marilyn Wegner, M.S.Ed. / July 09, 2020
SSS and UB Celebrate TRiO and First-gen College Students

With support from the First-Gen College Celebration Grant, we shined a brighter light on first-generation college students on NCMC’s campus than ever before!

Tocarra Williams, M.P.A. / July 09, 2020
Seniors launch podcast about the Black experience at an elite school

Topics include navigating Stanford's academic rigor, affluent classmates, and incidents of racism.

The Mercury News / July 08, 2020
Through the Eyes of a First-Generation Latino College Graduate

For Salvador Blanco, "encouragement can often go further than knowledge" when supporting first-gen, Latino students.

Medium / July 08, 2020
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Seminole State Joins First Scholars to Serve First-generation Students

Seminole State has been selected for the First Scholars Network after demonstrating commitment to first-generation student success.

Seminole State College Newsroom / July 07, 2020
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Committed to First-generation College Students

Furman University's First Scholars recognition affirms the work the university has embarked on to serve first-generation students.

Furman University News / July 07, 2020
Center Newsletter 7.7.20

In this edition: Save the Date for #SSHE21; Inaugural Journal of First-generation Student Success; First Scholars Cohorts 1 & 2; Upcoming Center Online Learning

FirstGen Forward / July 07, 2020
Being a First-generation Student at Nebraska

Edgar Estrada reflects upon the process by which they came to view their first-gen identity as a strength.

Medium / July 07, 2020