Education Aug 15 To help first-generation students succeed, colleges enlist and inspire their parents By Aaron Cantú, The Hechinger Report
Education Sep 20 Watch 3:32 Why first-generation students need mentors who get them When Jennine Capó Crucet was a college freshman, her parents stayed for her entire orientation. It wasn’t because they especially wanted to; they just didn’t know what they were meant to do. As a first-generation college student, Crucet was not… By PBS NewsHour
Education Jul 28 First-generation college attendees test out campus life Colleges are working harder to provide summer experiences for top high school students who may be the first in their families to attend college. By Catherine Gewertz, Education Week
Education May 21 These groups of Asian-Americans rarely attend college, but California is trying to change that As one group of Asians who don’t go to college in large numbers, the Hmong help illustrate the complex changing demographics of students arriving at American universities and colleges: increasingly nonwhite, low-income, and first-generation. By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report