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Direct linkMarshall, Danyelle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
BIPOC students attending a community college in the Bay Area bring traumas to school with them and then they relive their traumas in the classroom through professors' pedagogy and the curriculum. This dissertation which was conducted during twin pandemics of COVID 19 and racism, researched a group of English professors that teach first generation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Trauma Informed Approach, Classroom Environment
Carrie C. Chretien – ProQuest LLC, 2022
First-generation, African American women constitute a small representation in STEM careers in the United States. Rewarding careers offered to STEM majors are many times inaccessible to first-generation African American women. Access to and successful matriculation in higher education is significantly different for first-generation (FG) African…
Descriptors: Student Experience, First Generation College Students, African American Students, Females
Natalie J. Lecy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The effects of childhood adversity on health and socioemotional outcomes have received increasing examination in recent years. However, the impact of childhood adversity on academic outcomes has garnered little attention. This study aimed to explore the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on college graduation rates and whether…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, College Graduates
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Download full textJuan E. Armijo; Nerissa L. Gillum; Joshua Adams – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
Access to higher education has increased within the last decades, particularly within historically underserved communities, but the challenges of navigating college for first-generation Latino/a/x students still show up in the disproportionate rates of retention, persistence, and graduation for this group (National Center for Education Statistics,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Career Readiness, Career Development, Hispanic American Students
Jennifer M. Bundy; Joshua T. Selsby; Anna Bowser; Scott W. Smalley – NACTA Journal, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an array of stressors that affected college students. We hypothesized that student performance was negatively impacted by the circumstances of the pandemic and some demographic groups suffered larger decrements than others. To address this, we collected institutional grade data from all students at Iowa State…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
Erika Lundquist; Brit Henderson; Sophia Sutcliffe; Laura Cojocaru; Kasey Eickmeyer; Annabel Utz; Sufiyan Syed; Audrey Yu – MDRC, 2025
Since 2019, high school seniors from low-income households in the state of Washington have received guidance from OtterBot, an interactive chatbot texting tool with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The chatbot, designed by the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC), provides information to simplify the complex processes involved…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Man Machine Systems, Financial Aid Applicants
Shannon Newman; Kristin McKinley; Roslyn Theisen – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This preliminary, retroactive analysis was done to identify the effects of team-based learning and incorporation of diverse scientist experiences on student sense of belonging and course success in an introductory biology course. Faculty members worked closely with the Office of Institutional Research to make data-informed pedagogical decisions,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Intervention, Sense of Belonging, Outcomes of Education
Kayla Diamond – Online Submission, 2025
Native American students face significant challenges in higher education, including lower enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates compared to other ethnic groups. Many of these students are first-generation and non-traditional learners, often balancing work and family responsibilities while navigating systemic barriers rooted in historical…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Education, Higher Education
Tanzina Ahmed; Jacob Shane; Caitlin Chu; Arielle Edwards; Joseph Verdino; David Caicedo; Rositsa T. Ilieva; Karen Jiang; Daniel Brusche; Ho Yan Wong; Anita Yan; Liam Shay; Charmaine Aleong – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined how students' food insecurity related to their demographic information, academic experiences, use of food programs, and reflections on food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: 246 NYC undergraduates during the first 9 months of the pandemic. Methods: Students reported on food insecurity (e.g., USDA's 10-item AFSSM),…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Hunger, COVID-19, Pandemics
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
Esteban M. Aucejo; Jacob French; Paola Ugalde Araya; Basit Zafar – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025
Information frictions significantly shape students' academic trajectories, but their differential impact across student backgrounds remains understudied. Using a novel panel survey capturing incoming students' subjective expectations and anonymized transcript data from Arizona State University, we first show that parental education strongly…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Predictor Variables, Success, Parent Background
Gerardo F. Barrio Jr. – Online Submission, 2025
This action research study investigated the academic integration and persistence of first-generation, second-year Latino students in a community college in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The study employed a mixed-methods approach to investigate persistence and integration among first-generation Latinos. Using Tinto's theory of persistence, the…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Suburban Schools
Kevin Wenger – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
High-impact practices (HIPs) have been lauded for their contributions to student learning and development. Yet, some research has suggested inconclusive findings, suggesting that attention to how these practices are designed and implemented is warranted. Similarly, concern about who participates and who does not, or is not able to, is necessary.…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Underserved Students, Educational Quality, Access to Education
Leo, Aaron – Community College Review, 2021
Objective: This article explores the experiences of 32 first-generation immigrant and refugee students as they transition into and out of community college. The challenges students face and the resources on which they draw in their educational pursuits are viewed through Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital. Method: This project utilizes an…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Immigrants, Refugees, Community Colleges
Moreno, Rosean – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2021
This study looked at the experiences of six participants and their feelings of guilt. The findings revealed that guilt was caused when the participants put their needs before the needs of their family and attended college. Institutions of higher education may not know or understand the importance family plays for these students and may not foster…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Family Relationship
