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The Future is FirstGen

Higher Education and First-Generation Students: Cultivating Community, Voice, and Place for the New Majority

Jehangir / / November 2010

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This book is intended for everyone who serves these students – faculty, academic advisors, counselors, student affairs professionals, admissions officers, and administrators – and offers a set of best practices for how two- and four-year institutions can improve the success of their first-generation student populations.

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