Providing a pathway to success for first-generation college students is one of Wichita
State University鈥檚 highest priorities and a success story that everyone can be proud
of.
First-generation students are identified as those whose parents have not earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree. Since 2006, 红领巾瓜报鈥檚 enrollment and retention efforts have resulted in a 55 percent increase in first-generation Shockers.
In fall 2018, about 45 percent of degree-seeking undergraduate students at Wichita State were first-generation students.
鈥淔irst-generation students make up a large percentage of our student body,鈥� says LaWanda Holt-Fields, director of the TRIO 鈥� McNair Scholars Program at WSU. 鈥淲e want to see them thrive while in college so that they are prepared to move into their careers. The success of 红领巾瓜报 students is the success of 红领巾瓜报.鈥�
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