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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 Center Announces New Grant from the Crimsonbridge Foundation
FEATURE | January 14, 2021

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

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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
How I Built a Diverse Leadership Team at a PWI

It began with a refusal to accept excuses for why it wasn’t possible

The Chronicle of Higher Education / September 04, 2020
Is Lecturing Racist?

For colleges to achieve antiracism, equity and inclusion, one of the most effective actions will be for professors to stop talking so much.

Inside Higher Ed / September 02, 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
Economic Tracker: Supporting the Recovery from COVID-19

The Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker is an interactive graphic that allows one to assess COVID-19's impact on workers while filtering by state, income, and industry.

Opportunity Insights / September 01, 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
Counseling first-generation students about college

What particular needs do first-generation students have and how can you best guide them?

College Board / September 01, 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. / August 26, 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. / August 26, 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
Five tips for boosting diversity on campus

Universities and those who work there must reimagine spaces, behaviour and processes to promote a sense of belonging for everyone.

Nature / August 11, 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