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New Pell Institute Releases Research Brief Shows Decline in First-Generation College Students Over Two Decades
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, the research arm of the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), has released a new research brief titled “Percentage of First-Generation Students Declines between 1996 and 2020.” The findings reveal a significant decrease in the share of first-generation students enrolled in…
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