Focus Collection: How to Help First-Generation Students Succeed

Bewilderment about how to navigate the college experience hits first-generation students harder than it does others. Such students face significant financial, cultural, and educational barriers. Yet they enroll in college in significant numbers, with about a quarter of new freshmen reporting that their parents had no postsecondary education.

The 10 articles in this collection examine colleges’ strategies for helping those students adjust and excel.

Date: Apr. 20, 2018
Pages: 36
Digital file size: 0.9 MB