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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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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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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
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When Low-Income, First-Gen Students Seek Help From Programs

The author conducted in-depth, longitudinal interviews with 8 female, low-income, first-generation college students over the course of their first year to understand how they experience, utilize, and find value in two different student support programs at one public, 4-year university.

Journal of College Student Development / February 2021