Resources for First Generation Families
Interested in learning more about first generation (FGEN) students, its history in higher education, and how you can help support your own child? Here are several resources that can help foster understanding and conversation about going to college for the first time.
Videos/Slideshows
- Who We Are: First-Generation College Students Speak Out (video)
- Academic Culture Shock: First-Generation College Students Step Up to College Work (audio slideshow)
- Becoming a Scholar: Bright Academic Futures for First-Generation Students (audio slideshow)
Websites
- I’m First: Online Community for First-Generation Students
- First in the Family: Advice about College from First-Generation Students
- Advising First-Generation Students, National Academic Advising Association
- Making Excellence Inclusive, American Association of Colleges & Universities
