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A promising student saw no path to a four-year college. Then she met a helpful stranger.

Some people grow up in families where the college, traveling abroad, an advanced degree, and lifelong financial stability are givens. For the rest of u

How much information does a college really need to make an admission offer to a student?

The role models are out there, even if you have to look a little harder than the others.

After being shamed by The New York Times, the university more than doubled its percentage of low-income students. Now with a new administration, activists want continued change.

Academic advising is a wicked problem for most colleges. Let’s stop pretending it’s not.

The First Gen Summit has became a rallying point for the MIT’s nascent first-generation graduate students, bringing them together as organizers, presenters, and participants.

JMU’s Center for First-Generation Students opened on Nov. 7. Located in the Student Success Center (SSC), it’s the first on-campus center of its kind for first-generation students. In 2022-23, about