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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a professor who works with first-generation students. This kid would not be considered a first-generation college student. [/quote]
How do you select the kids you work with? Like, who endorses their 1st gen’ness?
And would you consider a kid whose parents didn’t graduate college in the US but did in another country 1st gen?
Thank you![/quote]

Most schools will use the typical definition, which is both biological parents did not attend a 4-year institution. This might help: https://firstgen.naspa.org/blog/defining-first-generation

Sometimes this can be overlooked if the child doesn't know/live with the parent who went to college. This is a good explainer of that: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/education/edlife/first-generation-college-admissions.html[/quote]

Are you the PP working with first gen kids? I asked her specifically because I am interested what it looks like in real life[/quote]

Yes I am but I meant I teach at an institution with a lot of first-gen kids and I have a lot in my classes, which makes for a different kind of college experience and can shape an institution's goals and methods if there are a large number of first-gen students. I don't hand pick who they are or define them and then work with them [i]because[/i] they are first-gen. A lot of my research focuses on career prep for disadvantaged students (first-gen is only one of those types of disadvantages). No one is going to not be supported because they don't meet a definition. In fact, we don't even ask (some will volunteer their background). For financial aid and loans and scholarships for first-gen students though, that's a different thing. Admissions departments would define that and stick to it without deviation because it's critical that the same rules apply to everyone. [/quote]

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