Journal & Research

Dedicated first-generation research allows for evidence-based decision-making that is critical to student success. This section highlights both foundational research and recent scholarship that informs understanding of the student experience, institutional approaches to programming, and identification of supports and barriers for first-generation students. Timely updates on public policy discussions shaping first-generation student success are also provided. In addition to the filters below, please utilize the “search” bar in the top, right corner to search by keyword, author name, or publication title.

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Diverse group of students drinking beer at a local bar

Beliefs about Alcohol & the College Experience as Determinants of Outcomes

This study assess the extent to which the notion that alcohol use is integral to the student role impacts undergraduates’ experiences.

College Student Journal / Dec 15, 2023

Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Student Success

This book proposes a realignment of existing initiatives to create campus-wide support through a new model of coordination.

Hallett et al. / Oct 23, 2023

First Gen: A Memoir

Former White House aide Alejandra Campoverdi examines the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a first-gen Latina.

Alejandra Campoverdi / Sep 12, 2023

Financial, resource, & psychological impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. College students

This study investigated how students' finances, access to needed resources, and psychological well-being were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children and Youth Services Review / Jun 1, 2023

“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”:

“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”: First-generation Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment Over the First Year of College

Journal of Adolescent Research / May 10, 2023

Psychological reactions to COVID-19

This study investigated how psychological reactions predict current COVID-19 impact.

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy / May 1, 2023

Paradoxical Narratives About Online Learning During the Pandemic

This study illustrates that first-gen Latinx college students at an HSI in South Texas persevered and even thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of Latinos and Education / May 1, 2023

Self-regulatory and demographic predictors of grades

With more students studying online, understanding whether traditional predictors of academic outcomes are relevant to online learning is crucial.

British Journal of Educational Technology / Apr 24, 2023

Group of Black People Working at a Table

Engaging Support for Black First-generation Students

The creation of new models and approaches can lead to an increase in Black first-generation students' success, retention, and graduation rates.

The Center / April 21, 2023

First Gen Experiences & Perceptions of a Library’s Physical Spaces

This study examined first-gen students' experiences with an institution’s libraries and their feelings of safety and cultural belonging therein.

Weave / Apr 17, 2023

Female Student with Parent at the Computer

The Role of Parents in First-Gen Students' Career Development

This study uses parent-generated familial capital to recognize the ways that parents contribute to their first-gen students’ career development.

Journal of Postsecondary Student Success / Apr 12, 2023

Financial & Demographic Factors Associated with Cooking Self-Efficacy

This study identified the dynamics of income source and money expenditure with cooking self-efficacy of three university minority groups.

American Journal of Health Education / Apr 10, 2023

Improving Equitable Value for Low-Income, First-Gen Students of Color

This paper examines ways to mitigate the inequitable gaps in college access and the significance of bridging those gaps for marginalized students.

The Vermont Connection / Apr 10, 2023

Post-Baccalaureate Federal Loans De-Subsidization

This study assesses de-subsidization's effects on graduate and professional students.

The Journal of Higher Education / Apr 5, 2023

Rising Class: How Three First-Gen Students Conquered Their First Year

This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year―and ultimately a global pandemic.

Jennifer Miller / March 2023

Measuring grit & intolerance of uncertainty in first-gen medical students

First-generation college and first-generation medical students may be two groups of students at increased risk for the negative psychosocial effects of medical school.

BMC Medical Education / Mar 28, 2023