When you do something that no one's done before, you're setting a precedent. You're the blueprint — the start of a new legacy. And if you're setting a precedent as the first person to do or achieve ...

I am a first-generation high school graduate. That means I come from a family where the road to higher education wasn’t paved by my parents. My journey wasn’t inherited—it was imagined. I had to ...

For students who are the first in their families to attend college or complete a college degree, navigating campus can be difficult. At Pepperdine University, a student support program for ...

When the federal government passed the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 1965, politicians acknowledged an obvious fact: pursuing a college education can be difficult. The act’s federal grants and loan ...