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Defining \u201cFirst-Generation\u201d Student<\/span><\/h3>\n

First-generation learners are a diverse group; it can be challenging to define such a group in a simple way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RU First<\/span><\/a>, a Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick unit that supports first-generation learners, defines first-generation learners as students with “neither parent having received a four-year college degree” or \u201cany student who may self-identify as not having prior exposure to or knowledge of an experience like Rutgers and may find having resources to assist in the transition helpful.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This definition of \u201cfirst generation\u201d is more inclusive of learners who may not neatly fall into the \u201cfirst in their family to attain a 4-year college degree\u201d definition, but who may experience college in similar ways\u2014for example, a student with an estranged parent who attained a college degree, or a student with a parent who attained a 4-year degree in another country and in another language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, there is a wide degree of variation among those who are considered \u201ccontinuing-generation\u201d learners (i.e. learners who have at least one parent attain a 4-year college degree). For example, a student whose parents received advanced degrees and work within the higher education space may experience college quite differently from a student with one parent who completed college and then went on to work in an occupation that does not require a college degree.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FirstGen Forward<\/span><\/a>, an initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the Sudar Foundation, provides <\/span>a nuanced discussion of \u201cfirst-generation college students\u201d<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn More About First-Generation Students<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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