For many first-generation college students, the hardest part of earning a college degree isn’t getting accepted to a higher education institution. It’s completing each step of the education journey that comes after receiving the acceptance letter—sometimes even following through with the very first step of enrollment.
In episode 3 of Education Empowered, our host, Jason Belland, talks with Founder and CEO of Beyond 12 Alexandra (Alex) Bernadotte. She may have been a star student, but she almost dropped out of her first year at Dartmouth. With the help of mentors, peers, and family, she was able to persist and graduate on time, but she says so many students with similar backgrounds don’t have the same result.
“While they believe they are prepared for the road ahead, the statistics tell us otherwise. The vast majority of our first-generation students don’t graduate,” she tells Jason.
Beyond 12 combines technology
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