NEWARK, N.J. — By most measures, Sabrina Vasquez is smart. The Kearny, New Jersey, native earned 1330 on her SAT and successfully took AP classes in high school. So when the 18-year-old began the ...

In the fall of 2019, Noro Andriamanalina said she started conversations at the University of Minnesota’s Graduate School to identify the gaps in support services for first-generation students in ...

Now in its third year, the graduate division Promise Fellowship Program at UC Santa Barbara provides first-generation college students from low-income households with financial support to pursue ...

In the latest series of new programming for first-generation students, several Penn-affiliated organizations are establishing unprecedented intentional resources for first-generation graduate students ...

Navigating graduate school can be difficult, especially for those who may be the first in their families to pursue a higher education. We aim to assist our first-generation students by offering ...

When the University of Minnesota delayed opening first-year student dorms and instituted COVID-19 protocol for incoming students, the Graduate Hotel Minneapolis created a new plan to house students.

First-time graduate school enrollment was up 3.5 percent in 2014 from the year before, the biggest annual increase since 2009, according to a report out today from the Council of Graduate Schools. “I ...