First-Generation Resources

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Resources and articles suggested by the First-Generation Student Advising Interest Group

• Aiding First-Generation Students via Inside Higher Education
• Bridging the Gap : Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first-generation students
• BSC 'Camp College ' designed increase number of first-generation college students in Alabama
• Confessions of a Greek Gun-Runner's Grandson
• First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education via the National Center for Educational Statistics
• First-Generation Literature Review via Texas Tech
• FirstInTheFamily.org Advice about college
• Identifying First-Generation College Students via College Prep 101
• Special Analysis 2001 : Students Whose Parents Did Not Go to College: Postsecondary Access, Persistence, and Attainment via the National Center for Education Statistics
• Using the SIQ to Identify Characteristics of First Generation Students at ISU via Indiana State University

TRIO Program Web sites

• Northern Arizona University
• University of South Carolina
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• University of Alaska Fairbanks

Articles

• Advising First-Year Students
• College Drop Out Boom via the NY Times
• Faces of the Future: A Portrait of First-Generation Community College Students
• First-Generation Students and College Choice via Magna Publications
• First Generation Challenges
• First-Generation Students Decreasing via The Daily Bruin
• First-Generation Students in Higher Education: A Look at Their Transcripts. NCES report
• Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care