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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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Decoding the Academy: A Roadmap for First-generation College Students Through Graduate Education
FEATURE | Aug 26, 2024

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National Data Fact Sheets on First-generation College Students and Graduates
FEATURE | September 2024

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First-generation Students in Community and Technical Colleges
FEATURE | November 2020

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First-generation Student Success: A Landscape Analysis
FEATURE | October 2018

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Facets of family achievement guilt for first-gen+ students

The current study aimed to refine the concept of family achievement guilt by exploring its different facets.

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology / July 2021
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First-gen students’ debt, economic stressors, and delayed milestones

The present study examined differences in economic precarity and likelihood of delaying life milestones in a sample of first-generation and continuing-generation doctoral students and graduates in psychology.

Training and Education in Professional Psychology / July 2021
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The Impact of Campus Environments on Sense of Belonging

This study addresses the following question: How do perceptions of campus environments shape sense of belonging among FGS in college?

Journal of College Student Development / June 2021
An assessment of First-Gen Students' Persistence during a Pandemic

What does college persistence to graduation look like for FGCS living through the COVID-19 pandemic? And how, if at all, does COVID-19 exacerbate already existing barriers?

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / June 2021
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National Data Fact Sheets on First-generation College Graduates

National statistics about first-generation college graduates’ transition to graduate school and employment in the year after earning a bachelor’s degree.

FirstGen Forward / June 2021
Imposter Syndrome Among First- and Continuing-Gen Students

This research study examines the relationships among imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and stress among first- and continuing-generation college students.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice / June 2021
How First-Gen College Students Learn and Utilize Campus Resources

This report describes the findings from a research study that investigated the experiences, perceptions, and ideas of how FGCS learn about and utilize campus resources in order to be successful.

University of Michigan Office of Enrollment Management / June 2021
Improving Outcomes for First-Year and First-Gen Veteran Students

This study answered the research questions: Which factors are significant predictors of students in the VSSS program? Do GPA, grants, and loans received differ for students in the VSSS program? Do GPA, grants, and loans received differ for first-gen status? and Do VSSS status and first-gen status interact in the effect on GPA, grants, and loans received?

The Journal of Continuing Higher Education / June 2021
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Habitus Adaptation and First-Gen Students’ Adjustment to Higher Ed

This study extends previous research in the field by exploring a broader set of social contexts that can spur first-generation students’ cultural capital acquisition before college and facilitate their adjustment to higher education.

Sociology of Education / May 2021
Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States: 2021 Report

The data in the 2021 Indicators show persisting inequality in higher education opportunity based on family income, race/ethnicity, parent education, location of residence, and dependency status.

The Pell Institute & PennAHEAD / May 2021
First-Gen Graduates Lag Behind Their Peers on Economic Outcomes

College graduates without a college-educated parent have lower incomes and less wealth, on average, than those with a parent who has a bachelor’s or higher degree.

Pew Research Center / May 2021
First-Gen Students’ Completion of Year Two of Study in a Rural College

The purpose of this study was to measure and examine the relationships among self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression; engineering identity; and perceptions of inclusion of undergraduate engineering students.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice / May 2021
Relationships among mental health, engineering identity, and inclusion

The purpose of this study was to measure and examine the relationships among self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression; engineering identity; and perceptions of inclusion of undergraduate engineering students.

The Journal of Engineering Education / May 2021
First-gen MD-PhDs are under-represented and need better support

First-generation students, whose parents do not have baccalaureate degrees, are less likely to apply to MD-PhD programs than to MD programs, which has led to a worrying lack of diversity among physician-scientists.

Nature Medicine / May 2021
Understanding motivation of first-generation college students

The current study is an initial exploration of the relationship of academic emotions and task values to first-generation college students and to explore the relation of these generational differences to a particular form of deep engagement represented by transformative experience.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology / May 2021
First Gen Students in a Virtual World: Challenges and Opportunities

This paper will examine preliminary research that describes barriers faced by first-generation college students.

International Journal of Education and Human Developments / May 2021
The Role of First-Year Grades in Predicting the Pursuit of STEM Majors

This descriptive study examines the relationship between grades and STEM persistence for first- and continuing-generation students.

The Journal of Higher Education / April 2021
At the Intersection: Understanding and Supporting First-Gen Students

This book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education.

Grice & Grice / April 2021