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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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BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS: FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE SUCCESS

While these statistics look promising, the opportunity to go to college and obtain a degree is not immediately apparent to all students.

Innovation Showcase / June 2015
Improving College Acces
Improving College Access and Completion

Testimony to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee on Education & the Workforce U.S. House of Representatives.

University of Pennsylvania / April 2015
Postsecondary Access and Success
Access & Success for First-Generation College Students

This article reviews research on first-generation college students, and the interventions toward better serving postsecondary education needs.

American Academic / March 2015
Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and Completion Rates

This book is an interactive tutorial designed to strengthen the ability of student affairs professionals to develop, implement, and assess the effectiveness of processes, programs, and services for undergraduate students between the ages of 25 and 64.

McGann Culp & Dungy / September 2014
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Social Capital and Academic Motivation Among First-Generation Community College Students

This study examines how students at a community college in northern Nevada integrated themselves, both socially and academically, into college.

Community College Journal of Research and Practice / August 2014
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First-Generation Latino College Students

This article examines the relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement for first-generation Latino college students.

Social Psychology of Education / June 2014
Higher Education for First-generation Students
Higher Education and First-Generation Students

Higher Education and First-Generation Students offers a rich understanding of the experience of students who are the first in their families to attend college.

Jehangir / March 2014
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Motivational Factors of First-Gen Students

The findings of this study suggest that teachers become mentors who can encourage students, particularly, minority students to attend college.

College Student Journal / March 2014
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First-Generation College Student Retention

This study investigates the relationship between teh number of meetings with an academic advisor and retention of first-generation students.

NACADA Journal / June 2013
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Sense of community on an urban, commuter campus

This mixed-methods study identifies how students on an urban, commuter campus develop CSOC, describes barriers to connecting on campus, and demonstrates significant relationships between CSOC, student affect, life satisfaction, and educational expectations.

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth / March 2013
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Still humble and hopeful

Kenneth Oldfield follows up on his 2007 About Campus article.

About Campus / December 2012
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First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College

This article explores the conditional effects of good practices on first-year outcomes for first-generation vs. non-first-generation college students.

Journal of College Student Development / April 2012
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A Disadvantage for First-Generation Students

This study proposes a cultural mismatch theory that identifies important sources of the achievement gap among first-generation college students.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychlogy / March 2012
College and there Working Class
College and the Working Class

The author of this book addresses the two questions, what is college like for working-class students, and what is college for the working class?

Hurst / January 2012
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Understanding the early integration experiences of first-generation college students

This study focused on early integration of first-generation college students since they often have lower retention and graduation rates.

College Student Journal / December 2011
Faculty and First-generation College Students
Faculty and First-Generation College Students

Gain a greater understanding of the academic, cultural, and social experiences of first-generation college students (FGS).

Harvey & Heinz Housel / October 2011
Achieving Equity for Latino Students
Achieving Equity for Latino Students

This book provides a critical discussion of the role that select K–12 educational policies have and continue to play in failing Latino students.

Contreras, Ph.D. / August 2011
The Invisibility Factor
The Invisibility Factor

This collective volume fills an important gap in first-generation college student research by simultaneously achieving several important goals.

Harvey & Heinz Housel / July 2010