There are several reasons for student academic underperformance, such as academic,
personal, and social factors students face when transitioning from high school to higher …

As the first in their families to attend college, first-generation college students (FGCs)
experience a discrepancy between the opportunities available to them and those available …

United States higher education prioritizes independence as the cultural ideal. As a result,
first-generation students (neither parent has a four-year degree) often confront an initial …

For author Gary Howard, the issues and passions that sparked the writing of the First Edition
of this now classic work are as intense today as they were then. In the Third Edition, Howard …

A growing social psychological literature reveals that brief interventions can benefit
disadvantaged students. We tested a key component of the theoretical assumption that …

Previous research has documented that people from working-class contexts have fewer
skills linked to academic success than their middle-class counterparts (eg, worse problem …

In the US, people with marginalized racial/ethnic, social class, sexual, and gender identities
often have worse physical and mental health than people with more privileged identities …

We examined whether culture-relevant affirmations that focus on family (ie, family
affirmation) would enhance performance for Latino students compared to affirmations that …

Aboriginal youth are at disproportionate risk for depression and substance use problems.
Increasingly, developmental theories have shifted from focusing on vulnerabilities to …

With the essential goal of de-pathologizing Indigenous ways of being, we challenge the
notion that behaviors indicative of shyness and inhibition that are often noted among the …