This past June, we celebrated our fifth Beating the Odds with 35 first-generation, college-bound freshmen at Twitter’s DC Headquarters. The students started their day by hearing from current first-generation college students. Afterwards, they heard some powerful words of advice from Mrs. Obama…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama recounted her undergraduate experience at Princeton University to a crowd of students Thursday, calling it an “out of body” experience. “I wouldn’t have put myself in the category of Ivy League Schools. I didn’t even know what an Ivy League school was, so stepping on campus for the first months or so, it was odd,” Obama said…
In 2014 Michelle Obama launched the Reach Higher initiative, which set out to help schools and counselors help young people see college as an option. But after about a year into the program, the former first lady realized Reach Higher wasn’t directly reaching an important group: students themselves.“Mrs. Obama said the White House…
