7th Annual First Generation Student Day Celebration!
November 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Join us in celebrating National First-Generation College Student Day with food, music, a photo booth, and networking!
This event is open to all students, staff, and faculty who identify as first-generation and to all others who support our First-Generation community!
For more info, email Christopher_Grant@emerson.edu
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November 8 was selected as the date for the annual National First-Generation College Celebration to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Higher Education Act (“HEA”) emerged out of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. Much like other hallmark legislation of that era, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, HEA was intended to help level a playing field that for too long had been weighed against Americans from minority and low-income backgrounds. In addition to creating federal grants and loan programs to help students finance their educations, the legislation made key investments in institutions of higher education. Additionally, HEA ushered in programs, particularly the Federal TRIO programs, necessary for postsecondary access, retention, and completion for low-income, potential first-generation college graduates.