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Success Comes At A Price

by Tyler Hallmark | March 7, 2019 While the number of low-socioeconomic status (SES) and first-generation students attending gra Read more

Dear Educators/Administrators: EVERY Student is a Scholar

by Daniel Jean | October 30, 2018
I am urging my fellow academicians from this day forth to address all learners in your classroo [...] Read more

Celebrations for First-Gen Students Expand in Year Two

by Lois Elfman | October 22, 2018
The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), in partnership with the Center for First-Genera [...] Read more

New UVA President Promises Free Tuition for Students Whose Parents Make Under $80K

by Monica Levitan |
James E. Ryan, the new president of The University of Virginia (UVA) pledged to waive tuition f [...] Read more

Mexican-American Professor Aims to Be ‘Agent of Ethnic Mobility’

| October 2, 2018
She was born to a mother who left school after the third grade to work. Her late father attende [...] Read more

First-Generation University Adult Learners and the Choice of an Online Learning Model

by Yoram Neumann | October 1, 2018
Access, success and affordability of higher education are main topics of discussion among polic [...] Read more

Geographical Bias in Testing: Is Cultural Bias a Problem of the Past or Are We Simply Not Looking in the Right Space?

by Manuel S. González Canché | September 17, 2018
Despite the recent emergence of test optional and/or test flexible programs, wherein students d [...] Read more

Easing The Transition: 3 Pieces of Advice for Supporting First-Generation or Underrepresented Students on Your Campus

by Andrew Martinez | September 11, 2018
Thousands of students are entering college or graduate school for the first time and those who [...] Read more

Study: Many ‘Free College’ and Promise Programs Unequitable

by LaMont Jones | September 5, 2018
Free college can be just that for students most in financial need, if a program is designed aro [...] Read more

Spelman and Ford Partner to Support First-Gen Students

by Tiffany Pennamon | August 24, 2018
First-generation students at Spelman College will receive support and mentorship under a new in [...] Read more

Was It Worth It? A McNair Scholar’s Reflection

by Nichole Margarita Garcia | August 17, 2018
My palms were sweaty, my stomach uneasy and my body overwhelmed with nerves. I had returned to [...] Read more

NDNU a Place to ‘Do Good and Do Well’ for Bay Area Students

by Tiffany Pennamon | August 3, 2018
Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, Calif. is often ranked among the most diverse higher education [...] Read more

TCUs: Saving Native American Education

by Rachel E. Bryan | July 19, 2018
Native Americans have the lowest educational attainment of any race. One of the ways in which m [...] Read more

Southwest Arkansas Schools Courting Hispanic Students

by Aaron Brand | June 11, 2018
Holding an ESL course at a local chicken processing plant, diversity celebrations, connecting w [...] Read more

Study: College Financial Aid Award Letters Lack Clarity, Transparency

by LaMont Jones | June 5, 2018
Financial aid award letters from colleges often are so unclear or misleading that students and [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice