first generation students
Initial college attendees
First generation students are those whose parents did not attend college, making them the first in their families to pursue higher education.
The term appears frequently in discussions of college access and support services, since these students often navigate unfamiliar institutional systems without family guidance: The university offers mentoring programs for first generation students.
Sometimes shortened to first-gen.
- collegeHigher education institution
- community collegeTwo-year public institution
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
first in family · Pell Grant · FAFSA · financial aid · work study · application · navigating · hidden curriculum · resilience · struggle · breakthrough · family · pride · sacrifice · working-class · low income · determination · mentorship
- studentsfreshman, sophomore, pupil, junior, senior
- HBCUsHoward University, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University, Howard, Tuskegee
first generation studentslegacy students
Applicants with graduate relatives
generation, student, generations, generational, generate, generative, generator, regenerate, regeneration