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Getting a college education isn’t easy, but it can be especially challenging for first-generation college students.

What the Department of Education's consensus on new accountability metrics means for students and schools and what's needed ...

At Texas Woman's University, first generation students often participate in the "G-Force" program, in which they help prospective college students fill out applications and apply for financial aid.

White’s daughter, Kamara White, suffered a tragic accident at her former school, Sprucewood Academy in Grand Falls-Windsor.