What Is a First-Generation College Student?

STEM degree completion and first-generation college students

Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study, this study uses descriptive statistics, regression analyses, and group comparisons to examine differences between first-generation students and continuing-generation students across STEM degree, non-STEM degree, dropout, and no degree completion.

The Review of Higher Education / March 2020

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

How to Make College a Better Bet for More People

To explore how to lift people’s prospects, The Chronicle brought together a campus leader, a public official, a researcher, and a college counselor.

The Chronicle of Higher Education / February 27, 2020

The Impact of Support Services on the Career Self-Efficacy of First-gen Students

This action research study analyzed career and major choice perceptions of low-income FGCS using career self-efficacy as the primary metric

Opportunity Matters: Journal of Access and Opportunity in Education / December 2022

A Psychosociocultural View of Hispanic First-Gen Students’ Completion

This study examined the relationship between individual, environmental, and cultural factors to 6-year bachelor’s degree attainment and time to bachelor’s degree attainment among Hispanic students at a Hispanic Serving Institution.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice / November 2021