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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.

 

The Journal of First-generation Student Success is the first and only academic journal dedicated to the success of first-generation students. Visit this page for access to the latest issue, information about submission guidelines and the review process, and more!

 

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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First-Generation Indonesian Undergraduates’ Persistence

This study employed a phenomenological method to obtain the substance of how first-generation undergraduates in Indonesia interpret, process, and experience their persistence in college.

Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University / April 2021
Social Class Identity Integration and Success for First-Gen Students

This study presents evidence that suggests that the identity integration framework is a useful theoretical lens to conceptualize and predict health and performance outcomes for first-generation students.

Self and Identity / April 2021
Study Abroad Intent among Latino/a and White First-gen Students

The current study sought to expand the extant literature on first-generation and Latino/a students’ study abroad participation by applying an intersectional approach to identifying predictors of study abroad intent.

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad / April 2021
Students Studying Outside
Rural First-Gen Students: A Practical Reflection on Urbanormativity

This article introduces the theory of urbanormativity, which argues that society operates with an urban-centric mind-set, seeing “urban” as normal and acceptable while “rural” is backward and deviant.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / April 2021
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First-Gen Undocu/DACAmented Collegians and Cultural Capital

This critical ethnography highlights how first-generation Latinx undocu/DACAmented collegians develop a scholarship and peer-mentoring program for other students with liminal legal statuses.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / April 2021
Transformative Practices to Support First-Gen Students as Learners

To synthesize practices that support first-gen students as academic learners, the authors conducted a systematic literature review of 53 articles.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / April 2021
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A Labor of Love: The Makings of @FirstGenDocs

This article discusses the origin of @FirstGenDocs, a virtual platform with a mission to affirm the experiences, amplify the voices, and celebrate the brilliance of current and aspiring first-generation doctoral students and doctors.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / April 2021
Sources of support for first-gen Latinx student-athletes

This study explores the lived experiences of first-generation Latinx college athletes, focusing on what sources of support they rely on for persistence to degree attainment.

Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education / April 2021
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Cultural Activism as a Gateway to First-gen College Persistence

The aims of this mixed-method study were to quantitatively explore the relationship between student perceived cultural leadership experience and support within a multicultural center in relation to school engagement and qualitatively address additional facilitators and barriers.

Journal of Adolescent Research / April 2021
First-gen students’ anticipated relationships with doctoral advisors

Researchers examine how first-generation and continuing-generation doctoral students conceptualize the role of the faculty advisor/principal investigator (PI) in supporting their development as researchers.

Higher Education / April 2021
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Teaching Faculty to Reach First-generation College Students

This study reports the impact of an online course on faculty practice and their beliefs about their students and themselves.

College Teaching / April 2021
The role of relationships and belonging on future college entrance

The author explores the implications for both policy and practice and advocates for future research investigating which environmental factors exert the most influence on propelling low-income, first-generation students into higher education.

Social Psychology of Education / April 2021
Health, Satisfaction, Communication, and Help-seeking during COVID-19

This study examines the psychological well-being, life satisfaction, supportive parent communication, and likelihood to seek mental and emotional support from different sources between FGCSs and non-FGCSs during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy / March 2021
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The pathways to degree attainment of first-gen Latinx student-athletes

Under the guise of Latinx critical race theory, this qualitative study found cultural capital to be an essential pathway to degree attainment of first-generation Latinx student-athletes.

Journal of Latinos and Education / March 2021
A Mental Health Literacy Approach to Supporting First-Gen Students

The aim of this present quantitative investigation was to test the utility of the REDFLAGS model, a mental health literacy based tool for supporting mental wellness, with a national sample of first-generation community college students.

Community College Review / March 2021
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Disparities in Remote Learning Faced by First-gen Students

The authors use student survey data to test whether URM and first-generation STEM students at UCLA experienced disparities in remote learning necessitated by the COVID-19 crisis.

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education / March 2021
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Information Seeking Anxiety and Preferred Information Sources

This study is one of the first to directly compare the information seeking preferences and anxieties of first-generation and continuing-generation students using a non-binary approach.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice / March 2021
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Staff perceptions of the experiences of first gen students

The purpose of this study was to explore whether a mismatch between staff perceptions and students’ experiences might be a possible contributor to disparities.

The Australian Educational Researcher / March 2021