One thing I notice about articles like this, is they always try to pull their punches at the end. I think that for first-generation college students, the risk is greater that they won't get the truth of the matter. College students whose parents went to college are, I think, more likely to hear (in blunt, unmistakable language) that taking on a large amount of debt for (most) liberal arts majors, is not a good idea. First-generation college students are more likely to believe what their professors or college administration tells them, which is that all majors are a good idea, and thus more likely to pick a major which digs them a deep hole (in student loan debt) without giving them the benefit of a highly marketable degree to help get out of it.