Transforming First Generation Student Success

National Scaling Model

"the FirstGen Forward Network offers a national model for scaling holistic first-generation student success by engaging and empowering higher education institutions to transform the first-generation student experience, advance academic and co-curricular outcomes, and build more inclusive institutional structures." NASPA First Gen Forward

Programmatic Annual Institutional Membership Requirements

Engage a leadership team, two (2) primary contacts, and one cabinet-level leader ;
Submit a minimum of two (2) institutional goals;
Attendance at a minimum of four (4) monthly regional community meetings;
Completion of professional development through the following:
- Option 1: Participate in 3
  - Webinars (1)
  - Complete an eLearning Module (1)
  - Service to the field (1) (typically includes reviewing conference presentations or serving on a panel during a conference)
- Option 2: Participate in 1
  - Attendance at the Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education
  - Attendance at the NASPA Annual Conference and a corresponding Pre-Conference Workshop
Host a First-generation College Celebration event;
Attend a Network Leader Phase interest meeting; and
Submission of the Readiness and Progress Audit (Network Annual Report)