First Gen

I’ve been talking about this with other members of my class in what feels like hushed tones. We’ve all suddenly been hit with a sense of sadness over our lost commencement we tell each other, but it feels selfish to voice it.

Let’s talk about feelings of guilt that plague so many first-generation graduates.

As a culture, we put a lot of stock into graduations as signifiers of success. If what follows are feelings of anything but joy, it becomes all too easy for the feeling of loss to become guilt.

Mentors can raise self-confidence and connect first-gen students to pathways they didn’t even know existed.

I’ve only been away from college for a couple of months and I’m already thinking about going back. I don’t know if it’s the uncertainty of our current moment or getting my first real taste of professional life, but in the past couple weeks graduate school, and whether or not to get another degree, has […]

Student debt is not uncommon and shouldn’t be a topic swept under the rug.

People whose parents didn’t go to college are understandably less likely to go themselves, but for those that do, there’s a great chance that they’ll out-earn their parents.

It’s not a good time to be a first-generation college student without a safety net.

Unable to celebrate in person, the Class of 2020 has created new ceremonies on top of their universities’ virtual graduation events.

This is a chance to reshape higher education, and do away with the elements of it that aren’t serving us.