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Sanders-McBryde, Tennie Rene – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Many first-generation students (FGS) succumb to challenges and barriers and ultimately give up on their educational goals. Little is known about FGS who graduate and are successful in their discipline. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore factors that influenced the persistence of FGS who graduated and are employed in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, First Generation College Students, Graduate Surveys, Academic Persistence
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Fiebig, Jennifer Nepper; Braid, Barbara L.; Ross, Patricia A.; Tom, Matthew A.; Prinzo, Cara – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
A multiple logistic regression model was used to determine the associations between the role of acculturation, perception of educational barriers, need for family kin support, vocational planning, and expectations for attaining future vocational goals against the demographic variables (gender, age, being the oldest child, the first to attend…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community Colleges, Acculturation, Hispanic Americans