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The Relationship of College-Generational Status to the Academic Motivation and Persistence of African American Students at an Historically Black University
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Wiltsher, Cheree Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The improvement of first generation college student persistence and graduation rates is an undertaking that benefits individuals, society, and the institutions whose mission it is to confer degrees. This goal is one that is best served by an acknowledgment of the causes of attrition as well as understanding the factors that strengthen and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, Student Motivation