Look in the Mirror to Improve Higher Ed for First-Generation Students

By Susan Aldridge - EvoLLLution. 1. What are the biggest roadblocks first-generation students face when it comes to accessing higher education?
A number of students are not in homes in which someone knows what it takes to be successfully admitted to and enrolled in a university. You’d be surprised how many people will wait until the summer to talk about doing what’s necessary to go to college when there is an application process, a deadline, which may be April or May and then the issue of financial aid. What happens to a number of students who are first generation [is] they end up saying at the last minute that they definitely want to go to college and they plan to go, but they simply have not understood the timing involved in that decision making. More...