How To Help First-Generation Students Succeed In College

Do Your First-Generation Students Succeed in College? Learn How to Overcome Their Unique Higher Education Challenges.

Recent data show that over half of undergraduates nationally are first-generation college students. Colleges and universities are now doing a valiant job recruiting and admitting these students but still struggling to retain them.

First-generation students are more than twice as likely to not graduate as those from families with higher education backgrounds. You need to help these students navigate higher education to overcome the struggle to complete a college degree. They face academic, financial, social, and cultural barriers. You can apply specific strategies to enable first-generation students to succeed.

Higher education professional Dr. Lori Vaden will provide you with successful strategies to help first-generation students succeed. You will learn specific steps to implement this spring.