The literature on first-generation college students largely focuses on the challenges and
barriers they may experience in college. Yet, we do not have a clear understanding of who …

A review of 13 years of research into antecedents of university students' grade point average
(GPA) scores generated the following: a comprehensive, conceptual map of known …

For years, our prevailing view of student retention has been shaped by theories that view
student retention through the lens of institutional action and ask what institutions can do to …

For years, researchers like myself in developing theories to explain student retention have
almost always taken on the perspective of the university. We have asked, as they do: What …

To date, most research on sense of belonging in higher education has relied upon between-
person correlations (eg, Murphy and Zirkel in Teach Coll Rec 117 (12): 1–40, 2015; Ostrove …

Student life can be stressful and for some students it may cause mental distress. Besides
being a major public health challenge, mental distress can influence academic …

Social capital plays a key role in college and career success, and research indicates that a
dearth of on‐campus connections contributes to challenges first‐generation college …

For this quantitative study, we used a multiple logistic regression technique to investigate the
relationship between the number of meetings with an academic advisor and retention of first …

Even as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty
years, it is still the case that nearly half of all college students in the United States will not …

First-generation students (FGSs) have received a great deal of attention in education
research, practice, and policy. The difficulty of understanding and subsequently addressing …