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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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Diverse Higher Ed Leaders
Five Ways to Amplify Support for First-generation Students

Building on the Center Advisory Board’s statement, we identified five ways to engage stakeholders in supporting first-gen students.

The Center / September 29, 2020
Centering First-gen Support Utilizing Strategic Planning

We aren't completely there, but it's a start!

Angelica Perez-Johnston, D.P.A. & Mikka Hunt / September 18, 2020
Benedict College Supporting First-gen Students
How one southern college is helping students with nowhere to go during campus shutdown

Learn how Benedict College is meeting students where they are and tailoring support offerings!

CBS News / September 17, 2020
First-gen at Carleton College: Where We Are, Where We’re Going

A college's journey in increasing support and resources for first-generation students

Sindy L. Fleming, Ed.D.; Trey Williams, M.A.; & Hanah Diebold, M.S. / September 17, 2020
Supporting and Building First-gen Community in the Time of COVID-19

The fall semester is an exciting time of year, but this year brings new challenges. As first-gen students and professionals, we're making it work.

Caroline DeLeon, M.Ed. / September 17, 2020
Understanding Persistence for First-gen Students During COVID-19

This study details how the disruption of campus life from COVID-19 is impacting first-generation students.

Cassandra R. Davis, Ph.D.; Harriet Hartman, Ph.D.; Dara Méndez, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Jason Méndez, Ph.D.; Terri Norton, Ph.D.; Julie Sexton, Ph.D.; and Milanka Turner, Ph.D. / September 08, 2020
Preparing Black First-generation Students for Grad School Success

Emphasizing the struggle of navigating bureaucracy, the authors discuss the challenge of preparing for grad school as Black first-gen students.

Antoinette Newsome, M.A. & Kurt Turnier, M.S. / September 02, 2020
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Center Newsletter 9.1.20

In this edition: CatalystFIRST; 2020 #CelebrateFirstGen; First Scholars Elevate Potential; Upcoming Virtual Event

The Center / September 01, 2020
The Many Forms of Postsecondary Inequity

New federal data highlight differences in educational outcomes across many individual variables.

Inside Higher Ed / August 25, 2020
Going Remote Makes It Harder to Reach First-gen Students

Getting to college was hard enough—then the pandemic upended their support system

The Verge / August 19, 2020
Center Newsletter 8.19.20

In this edition: Journal of First-generation Student Success; NASPA Excellence Awards; First Scholars; Upcoming Center Online Learning

The Center / August 19, 2020
Making the Unwritten Rules of College Legible

Going from high school to college is as radical a change as going from Kansas City to Kathmandu.

Medium / August 14, 2020
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As Syllabus Writing-Time Approaches...

Whatever the rule is, write it down.

Inside Higher Ed / August 12, 2020
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The biggest danger to U.S. higher ed? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains

This pandemic is a perfect storm that could wash away hard-won progress for first-gen and minority students.

The Hechinger Report / August 11, 2020
TBY: The First Generations: Reflections on attending college

What knowledge could the first-generation students of today gain from three different generations of first-generation graduates?

Southeast Missourian / August 07, 2020
High-touch Student Engagement in Remote Learning Environments

At the University of Southern California, a new normal demands a new, more robust approach to student success.

Trista Beard, Ed.D. / August 06, 2020
The Other Day, I Talked to My Parents on the Phone.

For first-gen student Thienthanh Trinh, a language barrier makes communicating about college with their parents even more challenging.

The Xylom / August 05, 2020
Teamwork that opens doors to research, opportunities

University's Living Lab pilot program aims to light a path for underrepresented students as undergraduates and grad students work together on research

Nevada Today / August 05, 2020