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
Aspelmeier, Love, McGill, Elliott, & Pierce, 2012 / Research in Higher Education / January 2012
The role of generational status as a moderator of the relationship between psychological factors and college outcomes was tested to determine whether it acts as a risk or sensitizing factor. The sample consisted of 322 undergraduate students who completed online measures of self-esteem, locus of control, and academic adjustment and provided self-reports of GPA. The relationship between psychological factors and academic outcomes were strongest among first-generation students and, for the majority of the interactions with locus of control, acted as a sensitizing factor that amplified both the positive and negative effects. In contrast, for self-esteem, first-gen status acted as a risk factor that exacerbated the negative effects.
