Community College Research Center study finds first-gen students draw on family, peers and campus staff for support, but gaps ...

Students who are the first in their families to attend college — first-generation students — face barriers to accessing higher ed, such as high costs and academic unpreparedness. Many colleges have ...

As the school year begins to wind down, high school seniors – and those who care about them – typically have their eyes on two prizes: getting into college and graduating from high school. While both ...

When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how disadvantaged they are in comparison to their peers whose parents went to college. Research we recently ...

A growing body of research paints a portrait of the added struggles many students can face in college if one or both of their parents didn’t have their own postsecondary experiences. But a new ...

First-generation college students are less alone than they were a decade ago. Today, more than half of America’s undergraduate students have parents who never got bachelor’s degrees. Many campuses, ...

Verlando Brown is a program coordinator at Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. He is a first-generation college graduate and advocate for other first-generation students. He can be reached at ...

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, ...

A new school year has begun, and many students are embarking on an exciting yet unfamiliar journey: their first year of college. This moment of transition presents different challenges for those who ...

A new research brief offers a stark portrait of the risks of being the first in your family to attend college. Only 20 percent of those “first-generation” college students earn bachelor’s degrees by ...