Title: Who are first-generation students and how do they fare?
Headings: Who's in First (Generation)?
Who's in First (Generation)?
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Content: "Probably the biggest thing we can do is work within schools to provide kids with information about college options early," Toutkoushian said, adding that there has been research that has shown about half of students decide they plan to attend college before the sixth grade. " And interventions should happen early, so we're not waiting until high school and we're getting them in middle school." And although education levels are rising, Toutkoushian said policy makers shouldn't expect to have fewer first-generation students. "The fastest growing demographic is Hispanics and Latinos and they tend to have lower educational levels than non-Hispanics and non-Latinos," he said. " So we might have more first-generation students moving forward." Be the first to know. Get our free daily newsletter.