Through the Eyes of a First-Generation Latino College Graduate

Three Ideas for Post-Coronavirus Educational Recovery

There are many ways that schools can proactively address the inevitable and inequitable gaps caused by coronavirus-related school closures.

Forbes / March 30, 2020

Report illustrates vulnerability of first-generation college students

The unspoken liability for most first-generation college students is a lack of resources...

Education Dive / April 11, 2018

Financial Anxiety Among College Students

This article examines the predictors of financial anxiety, including generational status, using the Roy Adaptation Model and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis on data from a large, Midwestern public university.

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning / March 2020

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

“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”:

“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”: First-generation Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment Over the First Year of College

Journal of Adolescent Research / May 10, 2023