・Federal law defines a first-generation college student as someone whose parent or parents did not complete a four-year degree, but colleges sometimes use their own definitions. ・First-generation ...

Each year on November 8, colleges and universities across the country recognize National First-Generation College Student Day, a celebration of students who are the first in their families to pursue ...

As an incoming freshman at New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, Lindsey Duarte plans to pursue a degree in architecture. She’s the first in her family to go to college and credits the ...