More than 100 first-generation college students moved into their new dorms this month at Messina College, a new school run by Boston College that aims to help underprivileged students access college degrees.
“This has been long in our history. Working with first-gen and also immigrant students, often with high financial need, was even the very foundation of Boston College,” founding Dean Erick Berrelleza said.
The school, located in Brookline, offers two-year associate’s degrees in four fields: applied data science, health sciences, general business, and applied psychology and human development.
