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Book SynopsisFIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS
a concise, manageable, lucid summary of the best scholarship, practices, and future-oriented thinking about how to effectively recruit, educate, develop, retain, and ultimately graduate first-generation students. ?from the foreword by JOHN N. GARDNER
First-generation students are frequently marginalized on their campuses, treated with benign disregard, and placed at a competitive disadvantage because of their invisibility. While they include 51% of all undergraduates, or approximately 9.3 million students, they are less likely than their peers to earn degrees. Among students enrolled in two-year institutions, they are significantly less likely to persist into a second year.
First-Generation College Students offers academic leaders and student affairs professionals a guide for understanding the special challenges and common barriers these students face and provides the necessary strategies for helping them t
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Authors xxi
1. Who Are First-Generation Students? 1
2. Transition into College 21
3. Transition Through College 47
4. Class, Culture, Race, and Ethnicity 69
5. Transforming How We Work with First-Generation Students 85
6. A Holistic Approach to Student Success 105
References 129
Index 141
