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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.

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The Intragenerational Transmission of Educational Advantage

The author draws on social capital theory and hypothesizes that when youths attend college, they increase the probability that their siblings attend college. The author further hypothesizes that this effect is strongest among youths whose parents do not have college degrees.

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World / May 2020
Academic and Social Expectations of Incoming College Students

This article examines the mindset of incoming college students, with particular focus on their beliefs about their intelligence, need for cognition, and goal orientation in both the academic and social domains.

The Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention / May 2020
three students studying in libary
On Worthiness, Knowledge Curation, and Diversifying OER

This project takes a crowdsourcing approach to diversify OpenStax Psychology (OpenStax College, 2014), an Open Educational Resource (OER) for Introductory Psychology courses.

Journal of Interactive Media in Education / May 2020
Field courses narrow demographic achievement gaps

This study compared the relationships among academic success measures and demographic data for UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students admitted between 2008 and 2019 who participated in field courses and who did not.

Ecology & Evolution / May 2020
Exploring the Research and Library Needs of Student-Parents

The objective of this study was to explore the research services and library spaces student-parents need to thrive in higher education settings.

College & Research Libraries / May 2020
The relationship between campus recreation facility use and retention

This study examines the relationship between campus recreation facility access and first-year retention of full-time, first-time undergraduate students at a public university for 2014–2015 through 2016–2017.

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice / May 2020
need more than financial
Results From A National Financial Aid Jargon Survey

This study assessed prospective first-generation college students' knowledge of federal student aid.

College Student Affairs Journal / May 2020
Ngone Seck student
Residential Environments and First-Gen Belongingness

This study utilized regression analysis supplemented by an analysis of open-ended responses to explore belongingness among first-generation students in residential spaces using Strayhorn's (2012) sense of belonging model.

College Student Affairs Journal / May 2020
UCLA student group
Narratives of first-generation, Latinx, adult graduate students

This study explores the narratives of first-generation, Latinx graduate students whose parents emigrated from Mexico.

Journal of Adult & Continuing Education / May 2020
A Fiber Diet Intervention in a CURE Course

The authors aimed to improve scientific training by engaging students enrolled in an upper division elective course in a human microbiome course-based undegraduate research experience (CURE).

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education / April 2020
students in classroom standing with teacher
Incorporating Innovative Pedagogies into Accounting Curriculum

An accounting lab employing simulations and games was developed and implemented as a means of improving student learning outcomes and knowledge retention for Principles of Financial Accounting.

Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice / April 2020
Mission Critical: Championing First-generation Student Success

Dr. Sarah E. Whitley, Executive Director of the Center for First-generation Student Success, discusses efforts to celebrate and support this unique student population.

Sarah E. Whitley / April 2020
diverse group of students sitting at table
Extending cultural mismatch theory: in consideration of race/ethnicity

This manuscript explores if FGSs at the intersection of marginalized social class and racial/ethnic identities (working-class, Cambodian American students), experience cultural mismatch and how an institutional mechanism (student organizations) addresses that mismatch.

International Studies in Sociology of Education / April 2020
The Summer Before College: A Case Study of High School Graduates

This case study investigates this critical time period by studying a cohort of 33 newly graduated students from the same urban, public high school.

Urban Education / April 2020
the telltale data
Factors Contributing to Success in a Data Analytics Program

This paper examines potential indicators of student risk for failure to complete a degree in data analytics.

The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges / April 2020
The impact of TRIO on non-traditional students' academic performance

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) on academic performance of non-traditional students and perceived experiences of its recent graduates at a public state college in Georgia.

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education / April 2020
Thriving in Residential Learning Communities

The study utilizes the Thriving Quotient (Schreiner, 2010c) to research how RLCs at four U.S. institutions contribute to students’ academic engagement and performance, interpersonal relationships, and psychological well-being.

Learning Communities Research and Practice / April 2020
male and female students talking in calss
Demographics and Deeper Life Interactions within RLCs

This article discusses the influence of demographic characteristics upon students’ deeper life interactions with peers, faculty, and staff within the context of residential learning communities.

Learning Communities Research and Practice / April 2020