Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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Bewilderment about how to navigate the college experience hits first-generation students harder than it does others. Such students face significant financial, cultural, and educational barriers. Yet they enroll in college in significant numbers, with about a quarter of new freshmen reporting that their parents had no postsecondary education. The articles in this collection examine colleges’ strategies for helping those students adjust and excel. Search site for articles then go to USC Libraries to access full text.

The Center is a source of evidence-based practices, professional development, and knowledge creation for the higher education community to advance the success of first-generation students.

This 2018 report, lead by the Center for First-generation Student Succes, details how institutions are serving first-generation students, the challenges they encounter in providing support, and how first-generation students perceive their institutional experience.