/first-generation First Generation en-US 2021 (c) 91Ö±²¥ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:02:59 GMT /teaching-learning/just-try-it-out-whats-behind-a-shift-away-from-4-year-college/2024/07 Some high school students choose options other than college. Here's what recent graduates are saying. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:02:59 GMT /teaching-learning/just-try-it-out-whats-behind-a-shift-away-from-4-year-college/2024/07 /teaching-learning/common-app-will-offer-some-students-direct-college-admission-its-ceo-explains/2023/11 A new program aimed at motivating more first-generation, low-income students to go to college launches this month. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:15:50 GMT /teaching-learning/common-app-will-offer-some-students-direct-college-admission-its-ceo-explains/2023/11 /teaching-learning/stories-of-tenacity-3-first-generation-college-bound-students-keep-their-dreams-on-track/2022/06 The pandemic upended college plans for more than a million young people, but not these seniors. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:56:56 GMT /teaching-learning/stories-of-tenacity-3-first-generation-college-bound-students-keep-their-dreams-on-track/2022/06 /teaching-learning/3-ways-to-convince-students-to-be-the-first-in-their-families-to-attend-college/2022/01 Alma Lopez, the 2022 ASCA School Counselor of the Year, offers advice on how to help first-generation students navigate college planning. Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:02:35 GMT /teaching-learning/3-ways-to-convince-students-to-be-the-first-in-their-families-to-attend-college/2022/01 /teaching-learning/louisiana-student-finds-stability-amid-tumultuous-freshman-year/2021/10 Logan Balfantz arrived at the University of Notre Dame last fall considering himself one of the lucky graduates in 2020. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:49:58 GMT /teaching-learning/louisiana-student-finds-stability-amid-tumultuous-freshman-year/2021/10 /teaching-learning/resilience-faith-and-support-how-twin-brothers-forged-diverging-paths-to-college/2021/09 Twin brothers from rural Arkansas reflect on their path to college in the midst of the pandemic. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:30:59 GMT /teaching-learning/resilience-faith-and-support-how-twin-brothers-forged-diverging-paths-to-college/2021/09 /teaching-learning/opinion-im-a-first-generation-american-heres-what-helped-me-make-it-to-college/2021/01 A college junior shares three ways to help immigrant and first-generation students succeed in education. Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:48:50 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-im-a-first-generation-american-heres-what-helped-me-make-it-to-college/2021/01 /teaching-learning/importance-of-sat-act-scores-dwindling-in-college-admissions/2018/11 A new survey shows that colleges are responding to the call to make SAT or ACT scores optional when students apply for admission. Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:13:34 GMT /teaching-learning/importance-of-sat-act-scores-dwindling-in-college-admissions/2018/11 /teaching-learning/first-generation-college-students-face-extra-challenges-in-high-school-too/2018/02 Students whose parents didn't go to college are more likely to take fewer challenging courses when they're in high school, a new research brief shows. Thu, 08 Feb 2018 05:09:44 GMT /teaching-learning/first-generation-college-students-face-extra-challenges-in-high-school-too/2018/02 /teaching-learning/colleges-expand-commitments-to-recruit-underserved-students/2017/12 Colleges and universities are expanding their commitments to bring more low-income, high-achieving students onto their campuses as part of the American Talent Initiative. Thu, 07 Dec 2017 23:32:26 GMT /teaching-learning/colleges-expand-commitments-to-recruit-underserved-students/2017/12 /teaching-learning/first-generation-college-students-face-special-risks-study-finds/2017/09 A new study shows that students who are the first in their families to attend college are far less likely to finish college degrees than those from college-going families. Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:07:09 GMT /teaching-learning/first-generation-college-students-face-special-risks-study-finds/2017/09 /teaching-learning/video-following-up-on-a-first-generation-college-goer/2016/12 A year ago, Ayat Husseini’s dreams of going away to college looked like they were evaporating. Her parents, an immigrant couple from Lebanon, had cultural objections and fears about her leaving her home in New York City. This fall, 91Ö±²¥ checked back on Ayat, now happily ensconced on a leafy green college campus in Pennsylvania. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:37:07 GMT /teaching-learning/video-following-up-on-a-first-generation-college-goer/2016/12 /teaching-learning/video-a-first-generation-college-goer-samples-campus-life/2016/07 A few weeks on a university campus over the summer can help first-generation college students brave the leap to higher education. Betty Torres, a rising senior at IDEA College Preparatory charter school in the small Texas town of Mission, studied medical research at Brown University and astronomy at the University of Notre Dame this summer. She captured her Notre Dame experience in this video. Read more here: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/07/20/summer-programs-help-first-gen-college-goers-brave.html 91Ö±²¥ Video Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:52:43 GMT /teaching-learning/video-a-first-generation-college-goer-samples-campus-life/2016/07 /teaching-learning/obamas-college-completion-goal-one-more-sign-that-its-out-of-reach/2015/11 New international data show the U.S. stagnating in global rankings for the number of young adults with an associate degree or higher. Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:10:06 GMT /teaching-learning/obamas-college-completion-goal-one-more-sign-that-its-out-of-reach/2015/11 /teaching-learning/tradition-culture-boost-college-thinking-at-arizona-school/2015/09 A K-8 charter school on the edge of the Navajo Nation develops college readiness by building on the strengths of its students' cultural traditions. Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:54:49 GMT /teaching-learning/tradition-culture-boost-college-thinking-at-arizona-school/2015/09 /teaching-learning/white-house-event-motivates-first-generation-college-students-to-persevere/2015/07 First lady Michelle Obama invited 130 students from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds to attend the 2015 Beating the Odds Summit to encourage them to find ways to complete college. Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:03:26 GMT /teaching-learning/white-house-event-motivates-first-generation-college-students-to-persevere/2015/07 /teaching-learning/first-generation-students-struggle-to-be-ready-for-college/2015/07 New data bring a fresh urgency to the extra support that first-generation students need to tackle their college aspirations. Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:43:03 GMT /teaching-learning/first-generation-students-struggle-to-be-ready-for-college/2015/07 /teaching-learning/selective-high-schools-work-together-to-diversify-student-population/2015/05 Leaders of selective high schools work on strategies to reach out and change policies to attract more qualified, disadvantaged students into their programs. Thu, 21 May 2015 16:54:23 GMT /teaching-learning/selective-high-schools-work-together-to-diversify-student-population/2015/05 /teaching-learning/wider-access-to-education-is-crucial-to-fixing-income-inequality-says-economist/2015/03 Economist Paul Krugman speaks about the need to improve access to college for low-income students at annual ACE conference in Washington. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:25:55 GMT /teaching-learning/wider-access-to-education-is-crucial-to-fixing-income-inequality-says-economist/2015/03 /leadership/scholarship-program-urges-7th-graders-to-take-massive-open-online-courses/2015/01 The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and edX have partnered to encourage 7th graders to take a massive open online course to improve their chances of being awarded a precollege scholarship. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:27:33 GMT /leadership/scholarship-program-urges-7th-graders-to-take-massive-open-online-courses/2015/01 /teaching-learning/online-training-launched-to-improve-college-access-advising/2014/10 The National College Access Network has launched a professional development training platform to better equip counselors who assist students in the college search process. Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:20:03 GMT /teaching-learning/online-training-launched-to-improve-college-access-advising/2014/10 /teaching-learning/virtual-advising-system-aims-to-expand-college-access/2014/10 The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation plans to launch a virtual advising system to help high school students connect with college options. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:24:36 GMT /teaching-learning/virtual-advising-system-aims-to-expand-college-access/2014/10 /teaching-learning/syracuse-considers-cuts-to-posse-scholarships/2014/09 The university is slated to cut 20 of its 30 Posse Foundation scholarships next year, as new leadership reviews the financial aid dollars awarded. Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:24:52 GMT /teaching-learning/syracuse-considers-cuts-to-posse-scholarships/2014/09 /leadership/three-universities-model-ways-to-improve-graduation-for-low-income-students/2014/09 A new report highlights approaches that have increased graduation rates at the University of California-Riverside, the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and the University of South Florida-Tampa, Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:32:57 GMT /leadership/three-universities-model-ways-to-improve-graduation-for-low-income-students/2014/09 /teaching-learning/act-added-course-requirements-alone-dont-produce-stem-readiness/2014/08 New research finds that states and districts seeking to boost college and career readiness in STEM fields must work to ensure that more students are prepared for challenging courses. Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:55:15 GMT /teaching-learning/act-added-course-requirements-alone-dont-produce-stem-readiness/2014/08 /teaching-learning/states-investing-more-in-higher-ed-new-report-shows/2014/01 After years of declining state appropriation for higher education, overall spending on public colleges and universities is up 5.7 percent. Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:33:33 GMT /teaching-learning/states-investing-more-in-higher-ed-new-report-shows/2014/01 /teaching-learning/new-tool-aims-to-help-high-schools-raise-students-college-going-rates/2014/01 A free online resource helps schools evaluate college- and career-readiness programs, based on a pilot in 10 high schools that showed promise reaching under-served minority students. Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:43:13 GMT /teaching-learning/new-tool-aims-to-help-high-schools-raise-students-college-going-rates/2014/01 /teaching-learning/first-lady-urges-high-school-students-to-push-on-through-college/2013/11 Michelle Obama this week told sophomores at a District of Columbia high school about her journey to become the first in her family to go to college. She also challenged the students to do whatever it takes to continue their education after high school. Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:41:45 GMT /teaching-learning/first-lady-urges-high-school-students-to-push-on-through-college/2013/11 /teaching-learning/most-first-generation-college-students-lag-in-academic-readiness/2013/11 An ACT study finds 52 percent of high school graduates in 2013 who would be first-generation college students don't meet college-readiness benchmarks. Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:13:11 GMT /teaching-learning/most-first-generation-college-students-lag-in-academic-readiness/2013/11