In the days following Jada Howard’s acceptance to Northeastern University, she found herself locked in a fight with the school’s financial aid office. As a first-generation, low-income admit to the class of 2023, Howard and her mother went back and forth with the office, countering their aid offers with ones within their price range. In.
Dozens of San Diego first-generation college students were celebrated and honored Monday as they got ready to start a new chapter in their young lives.