/tags/first-generation-college-students first-generation college students en-US Copyright Fri, 12 May 2023 11:00:00 GMT /education/2023-05-12/unt-dallas-and-food-bank-partnership-aims-to-nourish-minds-fuel-success-with-on-campus-care-pantry The University of North Texas at Dallas and the North Texas Food Bank teamed up to address food insecurity in the surrounding neighborhood with a mobile food pantry and on campus with a care pantry. Fri, 12 May 2023 11:00:00 GMT /education/2023-05-12/unt-dallas-and-food-bank-partnership-aims-to-nourish-minds-fuel-success-with-on-campus-care-pantry Brittany Stubblefield-Engram /2019-11-08/first-gen-proud-campuses-are-celebrating-an-overlooked-group-but-is-that-enough With T-shirts, pins and posters, campuses are drawing attention to first-generation students. The next step, experts say, is to actually give those students the knowledge and support they need. Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:02:00 GMT /2019-11-08/first-gen-proud-campuses-are-celebrating-an-overlooked-group-but-is-that-enough Elissa Nadworny /2015-09-22/fort-worth-restaurant-owner-is-both-a-boss-and-a-life-coach A Fort Worth business owner is working tirelessly to make sure her employees don’t fall over the financial edge. She makes it her mission to employ,… Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:12:23 GMT /2015-09-22/fort-worth-restaurant-owner-is-both-a-boss-and-a-life-coach Courtney Collins /education/2014-12-18/unt-students-show-denton-high-schoolers-how-to-get-to-college Administrators at Guyer High School in Denton County got tired of seeing immigrant kids miss out on college. The school started a new mentoring program… Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:20:00 GMT /education/2014-12-18/unt-students-show-denton-high-schoolers-how-to-get-to-college Dianna Douglas /education/2014-10-07/a-race-against-the-odds-with-a-high-school-diploma-as-the-trophy Almost 90 percent of high school students in Texas graduate from high school, although there is large variation by race, ethnicity, family income,… Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:19:17 GMT /education/2014-10-07/a-race-against-the-odds-with-a-high-school-diploma-as-the-trophy Dianna Douglas /education/2014-09-22/for-first-generation-college-students-getting-there-is-just-the-start Going off to college seems like the American dream for first-generation, low-income students. But not if they drop out with loads of debt a few years… Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:52:31 GMT /education/2014-09-22/for-first-generation-college-students-getting-there-is-just-the-start Dianna Douglas