Selective Omissions in What Campuses Tell First-Gen Students About Themselves
I listen closely to campus messaging for what first-generation college students learn about themselves via available support programming. These programs
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Big Changes in Federal Funding for Higher Education
Thoughout this summary of big changes coming on July 1 to Pell Grant eligibility, student loan repayments, and student loan
Penalizing (Mostly) Low-Income Applicants for AI Use on College Admissions Essays
I was just mindlessly scrolling in line at the hardware store when I learned about admissions readers penalizing low-income students
Billions Withheld From Students and Communities by DOE (Again)
The White House/ Department of Education is withholding over $2 billion that Congress has allocated for Education programs, many of
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Fearing FAFSA: Will Applying Harm My Parent?
Among the good news that application rates are up now that the FAFSA revisions are complete is the sobering news
Authoring Our Own First-Gen Graduation Stories
It's graduation season, so I want to repost this piece that I wrote very early in the life
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Complicating "Belonging"
I often read in the first-gen student literature about the importance of a sense of "belonging" for student
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We Can't Solve Class Gaps in Careers that We Decline to See
I've written before about Anna Stansbury and Kara Rodriguez's research on social class gaps in academia.
"Predatory Inclusion"
Campuses work against the interests of poor and working-class students in so many ways. The financial aid system itself often
Colleges with Free Tuition for Low/Middle-Income Students
Tuition is only part of the cost of going to college, but it's a big part. The Washington
Social Class Traces in College Application Essays
It likely will come as no surprise to readers of this site that researchers at Stanford's Center for
College Access as "Affluence Replication"
For years, college access programs (and first-gen support programs on campuses) have been based on the premise that the path