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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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The Suder Foundation Amplifies Investment in First-generation Student Success
FEATURE | May 28, 2020

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Impacts of COVID-19 on First-generation Students Experienced Across Higher Education
FEATURE | March 11, 2020

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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
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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
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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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First Scholars Network Selects ATU for Inaugural Cohort

Arkansas Tech University is one of 31 institutions of higher learning that will participate in the inaugural cohort of the First Scholars Network.

Arkansas Tech News / June 24, 2020
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Kansas State University Selected to the Inaugural Cohort of First Scholars® Network

Work to help first-generation students earns university national distinction.

K-State News / June 23, 2020
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Becker College Selected to First Scholars® Network

Becker College joins 31 institutions in building upon already successful programmatic elements for broad scaling while creating systemic cultural shifts that address first-generation student success with intentionality.

Becker College / June 16, 2020
Texas A&M System Creates $100M Scholarship Fund

The Texas A&M University system will create a $100 million scholarship fund to assist first-generation students impacted by the pandemic.

Inside Higher Ed / June 16, 2020
Changing course

UNC alumna Alexis Kinlaw reflects on her journey from shame to pride as a first-generation college student.

EducationNC / June 15, 2020
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The Center Turns Three: A Year of Response

Three years later, the Center's four original strategic priorities continue to drive and direct our work, yet the past 12 months have challenged us to advance our work in new ways.

The Center / June 12, 2020
Building a Foundation for First-generation College Student Success

This blog highlights collaborative efforts at TCU to provide an asset-based approach to first-gen programming through empowerment.

Jamartae Jackson, M.Ed. & Cynthia Montes, M.Ed. / June 11, 2020
IMLS Invests $719K in Small and Rural Libraries

New Projects to Advance Digital Inclusion, Community Memory, School Library Practice

Institute of Museum and Library Services / June 10, 2020
COVID-19 Erodes Equity Gains of First-Generation College-Goers

The most promising solution we’ve seen yet for leveling the nation’s ballooning income and wealth gaps appears to be unraveling.

The 74 / June 09, 2020
COCC receives $210K ‘First-Generation Student Success’ grant

The grant will be used to enhance existing supports while creating new offerings for Latinx, Native American, and Afrocentric student communities.

Channel 21 News KTVZ / June 09, 2020
Without ceremony, new college grads step into an uncertain workforce

From first-gen scholars supporting their families to first-time nurses serving pandemic-stricken hospitals, students face a graduation like no other.

National Geographic / June 09, 2020
First gen grads carry the hopes and dreams of immigrant parents

Like other students, they will miss out on traditional graduation activities.

The Mercury News / June 08, 2020
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A Double Life: The Thoughts of a First-Generation College Student

First-gen student Zuher Ibrahim shares how she worked to improve her mental health while navigating parental expectations and institutional barriers.

Active Minds / June 08, 2020
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The importance of services for first-generation students

The Center for First-generation Student Success will soon release a landscape report on first-gen students at community and technical colleges.

Community College Daily / June 07, 2020