Co-published with More first-generation students are attending college than ever before,
and policy makers agree that increasing their participation in higher education is a matter of …

This study investigated how educational experiences between community college transfer
students and native students differed at a four-year institution. The study sample included …

The timely completion of a higher education degree and the enhancement of academic
performance are concerns of students as well as parents and college administrators. The …

This qualitative study examined the narrated experiences around the college choice and
persistence of junior and senior first-generation students attending a private Christian …

Prevalent definitions of the achievement gap conceptualize it as the difference in
achievement between white and minority students. Recent research, however, points to …

The expansion and diversification of higher education in many countries and the increasing
enrollment rates of new populations have sparked growing interest in first-generation …

The purpose of the current study was to explore the academic resilience of Black, first
generation, low-income college students at a particular Predominantly White Institution …

OBJECTIVES This research seeks to understand the transfer of high-achieving, low-income
students from two-to four-year college degree programs, addressing two research questions …

Data mining techniques have been found useful in understanding and enhancing student
performance as well as decision making related to teaching and learning in HEIs. Literature …

The purpose of this study was to explore, track, and predict longitudinal differences (over the
course of six years beginning fall semester 2001) between and among ISU low income, first …