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A photo illustration of a person wearing a shirt with a name badge that says "First Generation," with the words crossed out with a red X.
A photo illustration of a person wearing a shirt with a name badge that says "First Generation," with the words crossed out with a red X.

Stop Labeling Students ‘First-Gen’

October 8, 2025

We shouldn’t be foisting the label on individual students—but that doesn’t mean we can’t do more to make campuses more broadly accessible and just, Steven P. Dandaneau writes.