first generation

Magazine surveys affordability, academic excellence and early-career earnings

Now 25 years old, UCI’s Summer Scholars Transfer Institute continues to empower local community college students

June Ahn, UCI associate professor of education, has been awarded a two-year, $397,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences under its researcher-practitioner partnerships program. His project will explore how to scale mentorship via a text messaging application that incorporates social and emotional supports to help stem “summer melt,” in which motivated and academically prepared […]

2018 admissions data reflect campus’s academic strength, diversity

Over 7,000 graduates will participate in commencement ceremonies this month

Multicultural, first-gen doctoral student strives to reconcile academia and the creative arts

Three first-gen freshmen are building better futures in the Merage School

UCI has been named  the 12th best social mobility school in the country in the the CollegeNET Inc. 2017 Social Mobility Index. The awards are given in recognition of the academic support programs that help first generation and low income students obtain college degrees and good paying jobs. “We remain dedicated to the success and […]

Pledge to provide opportunities that enhance pathways to success in higher education

With Welcome Week underway, we take stock of new stats