“…Many students who benefit from these efforts are from low socioeconomic origins, are the first in their families to attend college, or both. These students are referred to as FGCS [ [8] , [9] , [10] ]. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in 2019, degree-granting institutions in the United States enrolled 16.8 million students in 2017, a 27 % increase from 2000.…”