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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!

 

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A Discussion on How First-Generation College Students Are Unique

Some academics dismiss FGCS' uniqueness and contribute to their marginalization. This study challenges this concerning narrative of indifference.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
Leading the Way: First-Generation Students Serving as Peer Mentors

This study examined a formal leadership development program where first-gen students serve as peer mentors to other first-gen students.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
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Differences in Students’ Perceptions of Financial & Academic Challenges

Results shed light on ways to reorganize higher educational structures to provide equitable support in online environments and during times of crisis.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
Possible Selves as a Theory for Mentoring First-Generation Students

This approach recognizes all the forms of capital that first-generation students hold.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
Urbanormativity, College Access, and Rural First-Gen Students of Color in Northern NM

This chapter describes a week-long college access program for rural students interested in exploring out-of-state college options.

Bott-Lyons & Negishi Levin / Nov 1, 2023
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Exploring Student Meaning Making at a First-gen Forward Institution

The present study explores student meaning making within a First-gen Forward Institution, recognized for its commitment to FGCS success.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
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The benefits of difference-education interventions

This study examines difference-education's influence on academic performance, empowerment, and comfort with social group difference.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General / November 2023
Co-Editor Introduction: Still Running

JFGSS remains steadfast in its commitment to the first-gen scholar-practitioners, staff, and students who are in the race for the long haul.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / November 2023
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Elements of reflexivity in the academic socialization of first-gen students

This study examines first-gen students elaborate expectations and action possibilities based on their academic environment and social backgrounds.

Educação e Pesquisa / October 2023
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Building First-Generation Student Satisfaction for Students of Color

This study leverages focus groups to understand students' experiences with academic advising.

Journal of First-generation Student Success / October 2023
First-gen medical students
Policy framework to uplift first-gen, low-income medical professionals

The authors present a multi-pronged policy approach for visibilizing, recruiting, supporting, and retaining FGLI trainees in medicine.

Journal of Public Health Policy / October 2023
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First Generation Students Compose Digital Stories of Class Mobility

This paper discusses how storytellers made class inequalities visible in speaking of their daily lives.

Social Sciences / October 2023
Influence of CUREs on STEM retention depends on identities

The authors investigated whether a one-semester CURE could increase STEM retention and which motivational factors might mediate this effect.

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education / October 2023
Interest In & Barriers to Pre-Med Enrichment Program Participation

Understanding what drives these students and the type of program in which they want to participate can help to develop an effective URM program.

International Journal of Surgical Education / October 2023
Book Cover Culture of Student Success
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
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The impact of peer mentoring in first-year education students

Research indicates that mentoring programs help students achieve social integration and likely have a positive effect on their transition to college.

International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education / October 2023
Examining the Influence of First-Gen Status on STEM Socialization

This study applies an adapted Tripartite Integration Model of Social Influences (TIMSI) to investigate the experiences of undergraduate students.

Research in Higher Education / October 2023
Factors of First-Gen Students Transitioning to Pharmacy Programs

The retrospective study evaluated the first semester performance in three classes of student pharmacists at a public university in the mid-South.

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education / October 2023