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Find the latest from the Center, learn new and innovative approaches from colleagues, and engage with current mainstream media conversations on first-generation student success. In addition to the filters below, please utilize the “search” bar in the top, right corner to search by keyword, author name, or publication title.

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Student Studying Frustrated
Knowing How to Study Can Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure for First-Generation Students

For first-generation students, studying effectively doesn’t always come naturally. A Chemistry instructor discusses ways instructors can help.

The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 11, 2019
Student Travel Backpack
First-generation student reflects on study abroad experience

First-generation student describes how studying abroad provided her with new perspectives and cultural enrichment.

The Daily Texan / July 08, 2019
First-gen medical students
Finding success as a first-generation medical student

Students who were the first in their families to graduate from college are bringing experiences that enhance the medical profession.

AAMC News / July 02, 2019
USF CMP
Corporate Mentor Program: Helping First-generation Students Transition into Rewarding Careers

For more than 25 years, the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business Corporate Mentor Program (CMP) has helped first-generation students transition into rewarding careers.

Olivia T. Davis M.Ed. / July 01, 2019
UVa Campus
UVa group pays for disadvantaged would-be students to travel to tour school

An all-expenses-paid visit to the University of Virginia for students who will be the first in their family to attend college is creating an impact.

The Daily Progress / June 29, 2019
Group partnership
8 Strategies to Encourage Interdependence and Help-Seeking Behavior in College Students

Messages that focus on the individual’s responsibility to succeed in college without the help of others may impact first-generation college students.

Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning / June 29, 2019
UMR Tutoring
Closing the achievement gap, with help from the Mayo Clinic

UMR attributes its success at closing the achievement gap in several categories, including first-generation students, to a host of innovations.

The Washington Post / June 27, 2019
Students walking on campus
Expanding Beyond NYC’s 5 Boroughs

Armed with promising results, CUNY is expanding ASAP and other student success experiments while helping to export them to colleges outside the system.

Inside Higher Ed / June 26, 2019
A list of postgraduate resources for minority students hits the mark

A planetary-science PhD student created a much-needed collection and began tweeting about it.

Nature / June 26, 2019
Non-traditional students
For These Young, Nontraditional College Students, Adulting Is A Requirement

Meet the "nontraditional" college students of today. These stories offer a glimpse into their lives and the challenges they face.

NPR / June 25, 2019
Center Staff at FGSS19
Highlights from the Inaugural First-generation Student Success Conference

The convergence of these four events elevated the student success conversation to allow participants opportunities to reimagine their approaches and learn from those experiencing positive results with institutional initiatives.

FirstGen Forward / June 18, 2019
Student graduation ceremony
‘They all kind of live through me’: What it means to be first in your family to go to college

First-generation, college-bound high school students reflect on their journeys and how much their college acceptance means to their families.

The Washington Post / June 16, 2019
University of Georgia
One surprising barrier to college success: Dense higher education lingo

Confusing terminology on the FAFSA, and other densely worded documents are a surprisingly significant barrier to first-generation students.

The Hechinger Report / June 14, 2019
JMU Valley Scholars
Program Offers First-Generation College Students Full Ride At JMU

Valley Scholars is working to help more rural students go to college by working with would-be first-generation college students.

Community Idea Stations / June 12, 2019
UT Austin Orientation
Freshman Orientation unveils changes, new sessions

As thousands of new students come onto campus this summer, UT Austin will host new and revised sessions during orientation.

The Daily Texan / June 10, 2019
Yakima Herald Student
First-generation Sunnyside grad takes lessons in resilience from her mother

Brianna Toscano channeled her mother's resilience through high school and will be the first in her family to attend college.

Yakima Herald / June 06, 2019
Abstract painting
Undue Burden

Non-white, non-male and first-generation faculty members were consistently more likely to engage in diversity and inclusion activities, the study says.

Inside Higher Ed / June 04, 2019
Ivy Tech Essay Contest Winner 3
Essay Contest for First-generation Students

In an effort to learn more about Ivy Tech's first-gen students, they conducted an essay contest!

Mark Frank M.A. / June 03, 2019