The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I ...
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First-gen student Renata Lopez reflects on community, career, and graduation

Renata Lopez, a first-generation, computer science fourth-year student, is preparing to cross the graduation stage in less than a month. After multiple internships, research opportunities, and ...
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First-Generation Students

First-Gen at Purdue University. First-generation students are defined as those students that come from families where their parents or guardians did not complete a four-year college degree. Every year ...
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First-Gen efforts are supporting trailblazers

First-Generation student Stephanie Martinez hugs Jennifer Herring, associate director of Student Impact Initiatives, at the celebration marking five years of First-Gen initiatives at UNG. Martinez ...
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First Generation Student Success

In 2021, Senator Raphael Warnock from Georgia introduced a bipartisan resolution in support to designate November 8 as National First-Generation College Celebration Day. The resolution passed on ...