LaBrian Carrington, academic counselor for Student Support Services, talks about plans to rejuvenate Mentoring Valuable Peers (MVP) at the TRiO Scholars leadership conference at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel in Secaucus, N.J. MVP is the big brother of two...

First-generation college and university students who come from working class families tend to do worse academically than continuing-generation students, according to a recent study. Working class students tend to prefer collaborative learning, the study...