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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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Realizing Student Potential Through Specialized Curricula

This article explores the role of magnet schools and whether students who attend them succeed.

Huffington Post / September 22, 2015
How California Is Helping Low-Income Students Succeed In College

California is exemplar in recruiting and retaining an economically diverse student population.

Huffington Post / September 21, 2015
How Technology Is Improving College Success Rates

The Students Rising Above program aims to provide help and guidance to low-income, first-generation college students.

Huffington Post / September 18, 2015
On the Road to Higher Ed: First Time College Students Begin their Journey

Advice for first-time college students as they begin their college journey.

Huffington Post / August 26, 2015
From Problem Child to Model College Student: One First-Gen’s Success Story

This article highlights the story George Springer, who, at 24, became a first-generation college student.

Huffington Post / August 14, 2015
Five Things Families of First-Generation College Students Need to Know

This article proposes five things families of first-generation students should consider before dropping their children off at college.

Huffington Post / August 10, 2015
Hoping To Help First-Generation College Students Make It To Graduation

America Needs You, a New York-based nonprofit, provides mentoring and career development training for low-income first-generation college students.

Huffington Post / August 10, 2015
A Professor’s Pointers for Success in College (2.0): 23 Easy-to-Follow Tips

This article outlines the advice of a professor to students as they embark on a new academic year.

Huffington Post / August 06, 2015
From Overcoming to High-Achieving: A First-Generation STEM Star Tells How

Elise Tran, a first-generation college student, recounts key relationships that guided her to pursue college.

Huffington Post / July 21, 2015
The Drug War Hurts Latinos, and We Have the Power to Stop It

This article emphasizes the challenge a Latino woman faced having non-English speaking parents in America.

Huffington Post / July 09, 2015
The Case of the Lonely Professor

A professor's recommendation for students to speak with their professors and attend office hours.

Huffington Post / July 02, 2015
A Mentor Making a Difference in the Lives of First-Generation College Students

Travis Pinckney, a guidance counselor at a low-permorming school, designed a College R-E-D program.

Huffington Post / June 16, 2015
From Prison to College: Here’s Why Education Matters

The Transcending Through Education Foundation supports the higher education efforts of future first-generation students transitioning out of prison.

Huffington Post / May 28, 2015
A Home Run Out of the Housing Projects: Donique Wray’s First Gen Success Story

Travis Pinckney, a college readiness counselor, provided invaluable mentorship to Donique Wray, who became a first-generation college student.

Huffington Post / May 26, 2015
The Challenge
The Challenge of the First-Generation Student

Colleges amp up efforts to retain them, but hurdles remain.

The Chronicle of Higher Education / May 18, 2015
‘Free’ Does Not Mean ‘Valuable’

This article navigates why community college initiative needs to deliver results, not simply access.

Huffington Post / March 29, 2015
My Mistake as an Immigrant Student Was Viewing My Difference as a Drawback

A college student's biggest mistake was seeing their difference as an immigrant and first-generation student as a drawback.

Huffington Post / March 12, 2015
frustrated female student in class
First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind

Kids who brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic know-how and are more likely than their peers to drop out.

The Atlantic / December 31, 2014