The Bay Area’s underserved students are defying the odds on the tough road to college. As an aspiring first-generation college student, Angela faced many hurdles along the path toward her goal of attending college. A daughter to immigrant parents and the youngest of four children, the odds of graduating from college were not in her […]
The Bay Area’s underserved students are defying the odds on the tough road to college. As an aspiring first-generation college student, Angela faced many hurdles along the path toward her goal of attending college. A daughter to immigrant parents and the youngest of four children, the odds of graduating from college were not in her […]
Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawrence H. Summers said, “When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not […]
