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Wealthaganda
I imagine analyses like Dominique J. Baker's of wealth and status in media in first year college seminars
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"Horrific" Cuts to Rural Schools [Refusing Despair]
The Superintendent of Public Instruction in my state of Washington has released his analysis of the "horrific" impact
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Pell Grants, but for Imaginary Students
The House Budget includes devastating changes to the Pell Grant program for low-income college students. Already severely underfunded, Pell Grants
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Cutting Pipelines to College
I've been traveling and catching up now to the many ways that low-income and first-generation students have lost
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Bed Parties. Bed Parties??
When I was accepted to the only college I'd applied to, I visited for orientation and bought a
When Advice on Academic Publishing Misses
First Gen Forward has released a new resource guide: Scholarly Writing Insights: A Guide for First-gen and Emerging Scholars, Faculty,
Book Review: Know That You Are Worthy: Experiences from First-Generation College Graduates
The literature on first-generation college students includes a rich collection of edited books in which academics and other professionals from
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Regional Colleges as the (Threatened) Lifeblood of Their Communities
As the national press is – again – focused on the administration's actions at a handful of elite colleges, ProPublica
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Mandating College Admissions That Favor the Rich
On February 14, the U.S. Department of Education issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to schools, colleges, and
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In Which the Powerful Decimate the Federal Financial Aid System
Inside Higher Ed has a summary up this morning of how deeply this weeks' cuts at the Department of
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Being a Student While Hungry
The Hope Center has released its 2023-24 student basic needs survey, and the news is grim. At a time when
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Complicating Research on First Gen Students
This new brief report on a longitudinal study of 1000 first- year students entering college in 2018 deepens our understanding