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Direct linkElliott, Diane Cárdenas – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2014
This study explored the relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs and the academic adjustment of first-generation and non-first-generation students. Findings supported the presence of a differential relationship that was generally weaker for first-generation students. However, findings also suggested first-generation students experienced…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment
Furry, Allyson N.; Sy, Susan R. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
Previous research has examined the relationship between parental expectations and student academic performance. However, less attention has been given to the role of different parental pressures in students' achievement during their first semester of college. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of perceived parental expectations…
Descriptors: Expectation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, College Freshmen
First-Generation College Student Achievement and the First-Year Seminar: A Quasi-Experimental Design
Vaughan, Angela; Parra, Janessa; Lalonde, Trent – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2014
Research has shown consistently that first-generation college students are less prepared academically for college, have a higher risk for dropping out, and are less likely to obtain a degree. This study investigated the effect of first-generation students' participation in a first-year seminar (FYS) on academic achievement and persistence to the…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, First Year Seminars, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Cavote, Steven E.; Kopera-Frye, Karen – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
This study was part of a program evaluation that examined academic performance and retention differences between first-term students who completed a subject-based first-year experience (FYE) course (n = 381) and comparable first-term students (n = 332) who did not enroll in an FYE course. Actual grade point averages and re-enrollment rates across…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Program Evaluation, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
