November 8 marked National First-Generation College Student Day, a day that commemorates the Higher Education Act of 1965, which opened doors to higher education for first-generation and low-income ...

I am a first-generation college student. My mother immigrated here from Guatemala and worked hard to create a life for me and my siblings, with the hope that we would go on to create our own success ...

Most of the time, one can sense a good story from the first page, very much like one can sense a good movie from the opening shot or scene, and the music. There’s no formula to developing this sense; ...

At Indiana University Northwest, nearly half of our Fall 2024 first-year students self-identified as first-generation college students, indicating to us within their family unit, they are the first to ...

On Oct. 1, 2002, (23 years ago) I wrote my first column. I thought it would be interesting to all the new and old readers. My mother penned the Amish Cook column for 11 years. I was a teenager at home ...

It seemed like the right thing to do as a junior at Denver’s North High School, the almost obligatory role of a wanna-be sports columnist. Like, cool. I’m the sports editor of the school newspaper and ...

Oct. 1, 2002 (23 years ago), I wrote my first column. I thought it would be interesting to all the new and old readers. My mother penned the Amish Cook column for 11 years. I was a teenager at home ...