Zipporah Osei

First-generation college students are more likely to take out undergraduate student loans than other students, and when they do, they tend to be for more money. I’m in a very similar boat, so you can imagine why I took advantage of the freeze. 

For all its faults in tackling colorism and Afro-Latinx representation in film, there was one minority experience it handled well: the story of first-generation college students.

I’ve been talking about this with other members of my class in what feels like hushed tones. We’ve all suddenly been hit with a sense of sadness over our lost commencement we tell each other, but it feels selfish to voice it.

Let's talk about feelings of guilt that plague so many first-generation graduates.

Mentors can raise self-confidence and connect first-gen students to pathways they didn't even know existed.

I’ve only been away from college for a couple of months and I’m already thinking about going back.…

Student debt is not uncommon and shouldn't be a topic swept under the rug.

People whose parents didn’t go to college are understandably less likely to go themselves, but for those that do, there’s a great chance that they’ll out-earn their parents.