About The Center
Login

An Initiative Of NASPA and The Suder Foundation

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.

Coming Summer 2020 - The Journal of First-generation Student Success. Take a moment to review the new Journal page.

Struct
Entries: 26
aObjectIDs
Array
aSectionElements
Array
1
string855ECA50-D47A-11E7-A55F0223E6E67E14
BODY
string
BUTTONLINK
string
BUTTONTEXT
string
CATHTML
string
CMLABEL
stringResearch & Policy Section
CREATEDBY
stringjulianne_CLIENTUD
DATETIMECREATED
Date Time (Etc/UTC)
{ts '2017-11-28 12:00:00'}
DATETIMELASTUPDATED
Date Time (Etc/UTC)
{ts '2020-05-21 20:37:44'}
DISPLAYBACKGROUND
stringwhite
DISPLAYMETHOD
stringdisplaySectionResearchAndPolicy
LABEL
stringResearch & Policy Section
LASTUPDATEDBY
stringcoreysnyder_CLIENTUD
LOCKED
number0
LOCKEDBY
string
NAVTEASER
string
NAVTITLE
string
OBJECTID
string756D3780-D47A-11E7-A55F0223E6E67E14
OWNEDBY
string4C65F6A0-C56C-11E7-BFC90223E6E67E14
STATUS
stringapproved
TEASER
string
TEASERIMAGE
string
TITLE
string
TYPENAME
stringcmSection
VERSIONID
string
A Student Sense of Belonging at Georgetown: First Gen Experiences

This study aims to capture the perceptions of belonging among first-gen undergraduate students at Georgetown University.

The Hub for Equity and Innovation in Higher Education / August 2020
COVID-19 Impact on First-gen Students

The purpose of this assessment survey is to understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on first-gen students remote learning needs and experiences at Texas State University.

Texas State University / August 2020
Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students

Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-gen students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success.

Arch & Gilman / July 2020
three friends studying outside
A survey of study skills of first-year university students

This paper reports the results of a survey given to several hundred newly-matriculated students before they began their first courses at a selective, public research university in the United States.

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education / July 2020
black male studying
Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students

This study investigated resilience and coping among undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State.

South African Journal of Psychiatry / July 2020
two black male students studying
Educating and Leading Through an African-Centered Paradigm

A qualitative case study was conducted to examine how an African-centered charter high school’s personnel cultivated students’ college-going aspirations while affirming their cultural identities.

Journal of Education Human Resources / July 2020
Effect of a Place-Based Learning Community on First-Year Students

The authors combined tenets of learning communities and place-based learning to develop an innovative first-year program for STEM students.

Innovative Higher Education / July 2020
Multiculturalism Reduces the Racial Achievement Gap

The authors tested whether a multicultural ideology intervention could improve URM students’ grade point averages during the first 2 years of college and thereby reduce the racial achievement gap.

Social Psychological and Personality Science / July 2020
Students Studying at a Table
Linking Decent Work With Academic Engagement and Satisfaction

Links between decent work and academic outcomes among a sample of first-gen college students were examined based on Psychology of Working Theory (PWT).

Journal of Career Assessment / July 2020
Financial Challenges and First-year Students' Subjective Well‑being

This article investigates the levels and changes in the subjective well-being (SWB) of successive groups of first‑year students at a comprehensive university in South Africa between 2014 and 2017.

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa / July 2020
Investigation of First‑year Learning Experiences in South Africa

This study investigated the first‑year experiences (FYE) of students in a South African university.

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa / July 2020
American Association of Community Colleges Fast Facts 2020

This report features the latest data on community colleges from the primary advocacy organization for community colleges in the US.

American Association of Community Colleges / July 2020
Latinos in Higher Education: Compilation of Fast Facts

This compilation includes fact sheets covering Excelencia in Education's four policy priorities: affordability, institutional capacity, retention and transfer, and workforce preparation.

Excelencia in Education / July 2020
A Guidebook for Navigating Data to Promote Student Success

This free tool is designed to help institutions build a culture of data-informed inquiry to increase student success.

Institute for Higher Education Policy / July 2020
Career Counselors Self-Disclosing to First-gen Students

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to examine how career counselors who had been the first in their families to go to college use their personal experience to support current FGCS.

Journal of Career Development / July 2020
Postsecondary Strategies that Enhance Underserved Student Success

This report highlights how five colleges and universities are supporting low-income and Black students so they graduate with less debt.

St. Louis Graduates / July 2020
A customized belonging intervention improves student retention

This study evaluated a randomized intervention aimed at bolstering first-year students’ sense of belonging at a broad-access university.

Science Advances / July 2020
Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on honors students

This study worked to identify factors affecting student learning and connectivity following the transition to online courses and evaluate differences between honors and non-honors students.

Journal of the European Honors Council / July 2020