What it means to be your family’s first college student

Name: What it means to be your family’s first college student
Uploaded: 2015-04-10T00:52:31Z
Duration: P351S
Description: First-generation college students often face more challenges than their peers, financially and culturally. At Ivy League schools, the difference can be even more dramatic. The New York Times explores how a conference at Brown University has helped bring them together.

Clip: 04/09/2015 | 5m 51s

First-generation college students often face more challenges than their peers, financially and culturally. At Ivy League schools, the difference can be even more dramatic. The New York Times explores how a conference at Brown University has helped bring them together.

Aired: 04/09/15

Rating: NR

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