What It Means To Be A First-Generation College Student, by Susanna de Chenonceau, M.Ed.
A First-Generation college student is someone who was not RAISED in a home by at least one “parent” figure who attended AND GRADUATED from a FOUR year, accredited, (residential) college or university in ANY country. You (and your sibs) are then called first-gens because you will be the first generation of your household family to […]