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This past year, while a student in the Education Policy Management Program, Cotignola was also an intern with I'm First, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. that focuses on helping first - generation college students get to and through college.

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The event is hosted by Monroe Community College's Upward Bound program, whose goal is to get first generation low - income students to cCollege's Upward Bound program, whose goal is to get first generation low - income students to collegecollege.

Our findings suggest that rising student loan debt may serve to make the black middle class more fragile, because the latest generation of black young adults are more burdened with debt while also getting fewer payoffs to college.

College students from across the U.S. are getting firsthand experience with the innovative work conducted at Southern Research in the latest generation of the nonprofit's internship program.

In the absence of proactive outreach to and support for low - income and first - generation students, many bright, resilient students who have worked hard to get to college and ardently want to go may fail to do so as a result of the behavioral obstacles they encounter.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

In my experience, many first generation college - bound students obsess about their future careers and can sometimes be extremely narrow in their college searches because they can't get away from the link between college and future earnings potential.

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Scholars in AVID recognize that getting into a four - year university is not easy, especially for a first - generation college student.

As a first generation student, I know that there is a struggle in getting opportunities and help within the college systems.

«We use this report to measure the impact of college access and success programs in achieving their goals of helping low - income, first - generation students to get to and through college.»

The president also told students that getting into college isn't enough, challenging their generation to help the United States regain its first - in - the - world status as the country with the highest proportion of college graduates (the nation currently ranks 16th).

Counselors also prioritize schools that have high minority graduation rates rather than just the highest - ranking colleges and universities — and KIPP works closely with 80 colleges and universities that have made a commitment to helping first - generation students get into and through college.

The event is hosted by Monroe Community College's Upward Bound program, whose goal is to get first generation low - income students to cCollege's Upward Bound program, whose goal is to get first generation low - income students to collegecollege.

She gleefully assumes the mantle of arch-reformer from a long line of disruptors like Michelle Rhee, Joel Klein, Arne Duncan, John King, Wendy Kopp, John Deasy, the first generation of charter school founders, and others with the courage to challenge an educational system that can not get even one in 10 low - income students through college.

If you are a first generation college student or come from a low - income family, Sixup can be a great way to get funding for college.

For that reason, unless the people in our generations (I was born in the late 1950s) can get our acts together to acknowledge and address the issue, it may be that the people who need to start speaking up and expressing some strong concern and «outrage» (much more so than today) are college students and high - schoolers.

About this blog About my company, Brazen Careerist Penelopes guide to starting a blog The Internet has created a generation of great writers Posted to: College students Diversity Journalism October 19th, 2009 Del.icio.us Thompson writes that, «Lunsford's team found that the students were remarkably adept at what rhetoricians call kairos — assessing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across.