First Generation Student Resources
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First Generation Student - If you are the first person in your family to go to college, congratulations! This is a great resource for you to learn about paying for college, where to apply, or what you need to do right now!
I'm First - An online community celebrating first-generation college students and supporting those who will be. They have a visually appealing website, but their college search is limited. Check out their blog.
First Generation University is a basic information site founded by first generation student Shonda Goward, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill.
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First Generation (film, trailer) produced by GoCollegeNow.org. First Generation chronicles the lives of four low-income students striving to become the first in their families to go to college.
Why Not Us (film) produced by Roadtrip Nation. Being the first in your family to attend college is daunting, but rewarding. Follow the journeys of four young people—all first in their families to go to college—as they road-trip across the country to interview inspiring individuals who were also first in their families to pursue higher education.
Why First Generation Students Need Mentors by PBS NewsHour. When Jennine Capó Crucet was a college freshman, her parents stayed for her entire orientation. It wasn’t because they especially wanted to; they just didn’t know what they were meant to do. As a first-generation college student, Crucet was not aware of the norms understood by most of her peers. Now a novelist and professor, she gives her take on what first-generation students need.
First Generation Students by Todd Hibbs. In this TEDx talk, Alma College Wrestling Coach, Todd Hibbs, has dealt with many first generation students in his time and offers his ideas to better include them in the campus community. Todd Hibbs is a doctoral student in educational leadership at Central Michigan University. The focus of his research is studying challenges presented to first-generation college students, and subsequent strategy development in assisting this population in reaching undergraduate degree attainment. As Hibbs continues the study of the first-generation population via his doctoral program, he also continues to serve as the head wrestling coach of a program at Alma College
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Here are some additional first generation resource links from Kansas State University.
Follow on Twitter: FirstGenStudent and I'm First.
First Generation Student - If you are the first person in your family to go to college, congratulations! This is a great resource for you to learn about paying for college, where to apply, or what you need to do right now!
I'm First - An online community celebrating first-generation college students and supporting those who will be. They have a visually appealing website, but their college search is limited. Check out their blog.
First Generation University is a basic information site founded by first generation student Shonda Goward, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill.
WATCH
First Generation (film, trailer) produced by GoCollegeNow.org. First Generation chronicles the lives of four low-income students striving to become the first in their families to go to college.
Why Not Us (film) produced by Roadtrip Nation. Being the first in your family to attend college is daunting, but rewarding. Follow the journeys of four young people—all first in their families to go to college—as they road-trip across the country to interview inspiring individuals who were also first in their families to pursue higher education.
Why First Generation Students Need Mentors by PBS NewsHour. When Jennine Capó Crucet was a college freshman, her parents stayed for her entire orientation. It wasn’t because they especially wanted to; they just didn’t know what they were meant to do. As a first-generation college student, Crucet was not aware of the norms understood by most of her peers. Now a novelist and professor, she gives her take on what first-generation students need.
First Generation Students by Todd Hibbs. In this TEDx talk, Alma College Wrestling Coach, Todd Hibbs, has dealt with many first generation students in his time and offers his ideas to better include them in the campus community. Todd Hibbs is a doctoral student in educational leadership at Central Michigan University. The focus of his research is studying challenges presented to first-generation college students, and subsequent strategy development in assisting this population in reaching undergraduate degree attainment. As Hibbs continues the study of the first-generation population via his doctoral program, he also continues to serve as the head wrestling coach of a program at Alma College
CONNECT
Here are some additional first generation resource links from Kansas State University.
Follow on Twitter: FirstGenStudent and I'm First.
First Generation Logo - Ohio State University (Columbus)