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is a national program dedicated to helping at-risk students get into and graduate from college. In communities where students typically have a 9% chance of graduating from college, 82% of OneGoal Fellows are enrolling in college and 78% are persisting in college or have graduated.

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Here’s how to support your child when they’ll be the first in the family to go to college.

Check out this list of other organizations that offer support for first-generation college students.

This episode of Like a Sponge was produced by Carol Lloyd and Charity Ferreira for GreatSchools, thanks to the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Sound editing and design by Christopher Ferreira. Special thanks to our managing editor, Jessica Kelmon; Bibb Hubbard; Claudia Medina; Lessly Ruiz; Darren Tuggle; Amy Lee; and Stephanie de la Cruz.
The music in this episode is by Johann Strauss II, , Gunnar Johns茅n, Elias Naslin, Calexico, and , , ,