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Striplin, Jenny J. – 1999
This digest discusses the challenges facing first-generation students, and offers strategies for helping them to transfer to four-year institutions. A first-generation community college student attends a community college, and his or her parents have not obtained a college degree. Large waves of immigration have affected community colleges; many…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Cultural Differences