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Direct linkMurray, Kathleen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This action research study followed a sample of first-generation, first-year college students through the summer 2021 orientation process at Towson University (TU), a large public institution in Maryland. Little recent research has been conducted to understand the student experience of the orientation process. First-generation college students are…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Program Effectiveness, First Generation College Students, Sense of Community
Peer reviewedStratton, Christina; Miller-Perrin, Cindy – Journal of College and Character, 2023
The current study investigated the value of faculty mentoring among first-generation college students (FGCS). We examined mentored FGCS in general, and, more specifically, the impact of levels of quality of faculty mentoring on ratings of life purpose, perceived well-being, and perceived well-being subscales. We hypothesized that faculty-mentored…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Faculty, Mentors, Program Effectiveness
Jamie P. Flanagan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This quasi-experimental pilot study addressed the need for financial literacy services to assist in increasing and providing financial literacy skills development to first-generation, low-income students through a TRIO Student Support Services program. Identification of student needs and support implementation to provide effective services is…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Skill Development, First Generation College Students, Low Income Students
Maggie Cinto – ProQuest LLC, 2024
First-generation college students' degree attainment is far below their continuing generation peers (Whitely et al., 2018). This study aims to offer institutions of higher education better insight into how to provide support to be more effective in retaining first-generation college students. This explanatory sequential mixed methods study…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Self Efficacy, Student Needs, Academic Persistence
Download full textSimon, Nicolas P.; Hornung, Rick; Dugan, Kimberly B. – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2022
Social and cultural capital are critical components of success among college students. In this paper, we examine the creation, accumulation, and distribution of social and cultural capital by and among underserved college students who participated in a summer bridge program at one regional public state university. Using qualitative data from…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Disadvantaged Youth
Jennifer Reid; Mahshid Ahmadian; D. Jennings; Anathea Abad Pepperl; Amy Adkins; Kristina C. Anthony; Volkan Aytar; Mita Basu; Kai Bosworth; Andrew S. Bristow; LaMont Cannon; Cara Cario; Ellen Carpenter; Eli Coston; Judith Crenshaw; Jody L. Davis; Rebecca Durfee; Punit Gandhi; Zachary N. Ghahramani; Rebecca Gibson; Joseph Hamelman; Amanda Harris; Ching-Yu Huang; Catherine Hulsof; Gaston I. Jofre; Nick J. Kuklinski; Bernard Means; Jonathan Moore; Katherine Saunders Nash; Jason Newton; Heather Nunnally; Jennifer R. Olson; Matthew Pawlowicz; Jorge Piocuda; Derek C. Prosser; Alexandra Reckendorf; Angela Reynolds; Suzanne Robertson; Sylvia S. Rozario; Suzanne Ruder; Andrew Sackman; Mark Schwitzerlett; Matthew Scott; Dewey Taylor; Katharine Moore Tibbetts; Mayda Topoushian; Emily Watkinson; Samanthi Wickramarachchi; Robert Wieman; Nicholas Wong; Maria Carolina Yaber; Wenheng Zhang; Sarah E. Golding; Allison A. Johnson – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
A faculty development initiative was implemented at a large urban university in the South to address the historically high rates of students receiving low grades and withdrawing from STEM courses, particularly affecting first-generation students, transfer students from community colleges and minoritized populations. The program's core aim was to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, STEM Education, At Risk Students
Dominique Lateefah Person – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Through this research I explored the challenges faced by first-generation and low-income students during their transition to higher education, focusing on the role of pre-college programs like TRIO. The study aims to identify barriers to college accessibility and success for these underrepresented students and assess the effectiveness of TRIO…
Descriptors: Barriers, First Generation College Students, Low Income Students, Student Adjustment
Mitchell, Ronda; Barrett, Nancy – Critical Questions in Education, 2019
Project Midstate Student Support for Teaching (MSS) (http://www.uis.edu/projectmss/) is an initiative at University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) designed to increase the number of first generation and diverse teacher candidates in area school districts. Students accepted into MSS receive full tuition waivers, a $200 book stipend per semester, and…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Preservice Teachers, Student Financial Aid, Academic Support Services
Swift, Michael C.; Bowers, Lisa; McDonald, Eric; Walter, Anne – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
St. Olaf College recently restructured its Summer Bridge Program (SBP) course for incoming low-income (LI) and first-generation (FG) college students from a non-major biology course, "Issues in Biology," to an interdisciplinary "Explorations in Science" course. Two significant changes were made with the intention of giving…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
Erin Nicole Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This applied dissertation was designed to determine the effectiveness of a college access program created to improve college application and acceptance rates for underserved students. The program is targeted toward low-income, first-generation students, many of whom are minorities and reside in a rural area. The schools that the students attended…
Descriptors: High School Students, Intervention, Higher Education, Access to Education
Appel, Sara; Parks, Jenny; Trechter, Everett – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2021
In 1994, the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) joined its sister compacts in offering a regional student reciprocity and tuition exchange opportunity known as the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP). The program allowed students from one MHEC state to attend an institution at a reduced tuition rate in another MHEC state when the…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Tuition, Interstate Programs, Higher Education
Elias, Nicole M; Marrin, Madeleine – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
Student engagement in institutions of higher education has become a central priority for educators and administrators. What "student engagement" means for a diverse student body is an important question for public institutions with justice-related missions. As social welfare policy shifts to allow more recipients of public assistance…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Welfare Services, Low Income Students, Public Affairs Education
Henley, Lisa; Roberts, Phyllis – Inquiry, 2016
This case study examined the perceptions of scholarship recipients participating in Southwest Virginia Community College's (SWCC's) S-STEM scholarship program which examined whether the program helped remove barriers to students' educational goals and STEM career aspirations. The study used a focus group and a survey to elicit responses from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Barriers, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Llamas, Jasmín D.; López, Susana A.; Quirk, Matthew – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
This study used a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program from the student perspective, specifically focusing on factors associated with student resilience. The AVID program aims to close the achievement gap among predominantly minority and low-income students without a family…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Resilience (Psychology), Achievement Gap, Minority Group Students
Miller, Abby; Smith, Chandra Taylor – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
In 2004 ECMC Foundation published a guide called "Realizing the College Dream" (RTCD) which is designed for educators and staff to help low-income, first-generation college, middle and high school students increase their expectations of attending postsecondary education, and take steps to realize this goal. While ECMC Foundation trainings and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Use Studies, Program Evaluation, First Generation College Students
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