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Research & Policy

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 first edition of the inaugural Journal of First-generation Student Success is slated for release in April 2021. Learn more about the Journal.

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Grad Students Becoming Qualitative Researchers: A Study

Graduate Students Becoming Qualitative Researchers identifies how the process of learning to conduct ethnographic research underpins doctoral students’ success, confidence, and persistence in the academy.

Ullman et al. / November 2020
Students’ Challenges Understood with Expectancy Value Theory

The purpose of this study is to examine new perspectives of FG students that may further explain hindrances to retention and achievement.

Teaching of Psychology / October 2020
Parental Education, Faculty Interaction, and Summer Experiences

The purpose of this study is to better understand the ways that students’ cultural and social capital relate to their participation in undergraduate research, internships, paid work, or volunteering after the first year of college.

Innovative Higher Education / October 2020
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University Enrollment among First‐Generation, Rural College Goers

The author draws from 20 in‐depth interviews with first‐generation, rural students to analyze support structures and the strategies these students employed to bypass class, race and geographic barriers to college enrollment.

Rural Sociology / October 2020
Marisel Herrera Studying Abroad
Educational Travel for First-Generation Students

This article examines the unique challenges and opportunities for first-generation and low-income students in educational travel programs.

Teaching Sociology / October 2020
Benefits of a Three- Week Cycling Expedition for First-Gen Students

This exploratory study examined the benefits of participating in a three-week, multi-state bicycling trip for eight adolescents who participated in a first-generation, college-bound program.

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership / October 2020
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Influence of Internship Participation on HBCU Academic Performance

The relationship between college grades and internship participation for Black business majors at HBCUs was examined in this study.

Journal of African American Studies / September 2020
Can Non-cognitive Skills Compensate for Social Origin?

The authors study the role of non-cognitive skills in academic performance of students who are the first in their family to attend university.

IZA Institute of Labor Economics / September 2020
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Does Undergrad Debt Affect Grad School Application and Enrollment?

This study estimates the short- and long-term effects of undergraduate educational debt on students' decisions to apply and to enroll in graduate school.

Research in Higher Education / September 2020
A Collaborative Learning Experience Between First-gen Students

This design case describes the creation and implementation of a 4-week, online, and collaborative learning experience between criminology students and faculty at two universities: one in the United States and one in Sweden.

Fowlin et al. / September 2020
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COVID-19 Remote Learning Transition in Spring 2020

This article explores instructional techniques used in the transition, student perceptions of effectiveness/enjoyment/accessibility of those techniques, barriers that students faced due to the transition, and race/class/gender inequality in experiencing those barriers.

Teaching Sociology / September 2020
Emotional Detachment, Perceptions of Parental Support, & Adjustment

First-year college students self-reported parental support, emotional detachment from parents, and college adjustment. Higher levels of parental social support were associated with greater academic adjustment, social adjustment, and institutional attachment.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice / September 2020
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Time Perspective and Grade Expectation as Outcome Predictors

The authors examined three motivational factors as predictors of achievement and retention outcomes for students in their first semester at a predominately Hispanic-serving community college.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice / September 2020
The Impact of a No-Loan Program on Graduate School Enrollment

This study examines the impact of no-loan program participation on graduate school enrollment by leveraging a novel institutional dataset and employing regression discontinuity, difference-in-differences, and propensity score weighting approaches.

Education Finance and Policy / September 2020
male student at desk
(Cultural) Humility in Practice: Engaging First-Gen College Students

This composite case study aims to illustrate the benefits and effectiveness of integrating the cultural humility framework and the Cultural Formulation Interview throughout treatment of a first-gen student.

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy / September 2020
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Understanding Postsecondary Enrollment of First-Gen Students

Social cognitive career theory was used to explain the processes of educational and career pursuit and attainment, as well as personal, behavioral, and contextual/environmental factors influencing these processes.

Journal of Career Development / September 2020
Perceived barriers to applying to dental school

The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of perceived barriers to applying to dental school experienced by underrepresented minority (URM), pipeline program alumni.

Journal of Dental Education / September 2020
College Persistence for First-gen Students During COVID-19

This study details how the disruption of campus life from COVID-19 is impacting first-generation students.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Sep 8, 2020