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Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
On paper, Mariella Castillo's family makes her likelier than other students to drop out of college. Her mother left school after the fifth grade, and her father has only a middle-school education. Her parents speak little English, and Castillo, who was born in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, spoke her first words in Spanish. Numerous studies…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community Colleges, Family School Relationship, Family Involvement