Melissa Scholes Young

Melissa Scholes Young is a writer based in Washington, D.C., and a lecturer in Department of Literature at American University.

The Cost of Being First
Conflating “first-generation” and “low-income” students is inaccurate and isolating.
Melissa Scholes Young
October 16, 2016
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Navigating Campus Together
First-generation faculty can steer first-generation college students toward success.
Melissa Scholes Young
May 6, 2016
Jessica Hill / AP

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