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Author(s):Tym, C., McMillion. R., Barone, S., and Webster, J
Title:First generation college students: A literature review
Source:http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/first_generation.pdf
Date:2004
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Short Description:Examines issues related to access, preparation, persistence and retention, and college financing for first generation college students and their families.
Annotation:This literature review examines issues related to access, preparation, persistence and retention, and college financing for first generation college students and their families. Demographic characteristics of these students are described, with attention to specific challenges they face.
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Admissions
College Access
College Preparation/College Readiness
Documents
Educational Attainment/College Degree Completion
Employment and Workforce Development
Enrollment
Financial Aid, Affordability, Tuition, and Costs
First Generation College Students
Low-Income Students
Minority/Race/Ethnicity
Persistence/Retention
Transition to College

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Empty promises: The myth of college access in America
Latino students and the educational pipeline: From middle school to the workforce
College success programs
Preparing diverse adolescents for the transition to adulthood
Easy money: How congress could increase federal student aid funding at no additional cost to taxpayers
Equal access to postsecondary education? The case of undocumented immigrant students
Improving lives through higher education: Campus programs and policies for low-income adults
Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): Serving Latino students
Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know
FY 2011 budget proposal: Thoughts and recommendations for increasing college access and success
Financial education in TRIO programs
Community colleges as gateway and gatekeeper: Moving beyond the access "saga" to outcome equity
Putting money on the table: Information, financial aid, and access to college
Taking stock: Higher education and Latinos
Embracing differences: Post-secondary education among Aboriginal students, students with children and students with disabilities (2005)
Report on the meta-analysis of post-secondary institutional graduate surveys
Do Perceptions Matter Regarding the Costs and Benefits of a Post-Secondary Education?
Access to Medical Education in Canada: Do Differing Tuition Regimes Affect Access and Career Choice?
Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Assistance (MESA) -- Annual Report 2007
Future to discover: Early implementation report -- Executive summary
Mind the access gap: Breaking down barriers to post-secondary education
Canada's Tuition and Education Tax Credits
Strong students, strong workers: Models for student success through workforce development and community college partnerships
Are charter schools making a difference? A study of student outcomes in eight states
Growing What Works Database
Annotated bibliography of resources for transforming school counseling
Innovations in college readiness: How early college schools are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success
Higher education success among historically marginalized males
College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools
Promoting a culture of student success: How colleges and universities are improving degree completion
Complete College America
Addressing the American male imperative in higher education: Implications for public and research universities
State Higher Education Finance FY 2009
Dual credit in Indiana: Bridging the gap between high school and college
The impact of "going green" on the Latino community
Lumina Foundation Lessons: When networks build a platform, students step up
Employment experience of youths: Results from a longitudinal survey
What are we doing to middle school English learners? Findings and recommendations for change from a study of California EL programs
Collaborating to create change: How El Paso Community College improved the readiness of its incoming students through Achieving the Dream
Guiding the way to higher education: Families, counselors, and communities together
Minorities and the recession era college enrollment boom
Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating Hispanic students
The college completion agenda: State policy guide
The College Completion Agenda
GetMeToCollege.org (How to prepare, pay for, and succeed in college for first-generation college students)
A smart move in tough times: How SREB states can strengthen adult learning and the work force
The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California
Bridging the gaps to success: Promising practices for promoting transfer among low-income and first-generation students: An in-depth study of six exemplary community colleges in Texas
The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook
The relationship between AP exam performance and college outcomes
Advancing by degrees: A framework for increasing college completion
Getting ready for college: Financial concerns and preparation among the high school senior class of 2003-04
The breaking through practice guide
College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08
Toward more inclusive college savings plans: Sample state legislation
Florida policy options to accelerate Latino student success in higher education
Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.
Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2009-10 bowl-bound college football teams - academic performance improves but race still matters
Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program
Improving transfer access to STEM bachelor's degrees at Hispanic Serving Institutions through the America COMPETES Act
Keeping score when it counts: Graduation rates for 2010 NCAA men's division 1 basketball tournament teams
Child poverty and intergenerational mobility
Improving access to higher education by promoting saving
Scaling up learning communities: The experience of six community colleges
Post-secondary access and student financial aid in Canada: Current knowledge and research gaps
Higher education performance funding 2.0 - Funding degrees (tip sheet)
Providing effective financial aid assistance to students from foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth
With their whole lives ahead of them: Myths and realities about why so many students fail to finish college
The Canadian student financial aid system: The case for modernization
The millennium bursary in New Brunswick: Impact on debt and persistence
The impact of bursaries: Debt and student persistence in post-secondary education
Student aid and university persistence - Does debt matter?
College readiness issue brief: High expectations: A key to success for all
The Equity Scorecard: A collaborative approach to assess and respond to racial and ethnic disparities in student outcomes
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success: Executive summary
High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)
Achieving the Dream: Evidence of change
Top gap closers: Some public four-year colleges and universities have made good progress in closing graduation rate gaps
The high cost of low educational performance: The long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes
Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Low-performing schools
Pre-college outreach programs for low-income students: A literature review
Private scholarships count: Access to higher education and the critical role of the private sector
No merit in these scholarships
Education as crime prevention: Reinstating Pell Grant eligibility for the incarcerated
Work first, study second: Adult undergraduates who combine employment and postsecondary enrollment
Affordability of postsecondary education: Equity and adequacy across the 50 states
Gender gap among undergraduates could stem from wage premium for women, study finds
Paying for college: Changes between 1990 and 2000 for full-time dependent undergraduates
The ABC's of early awareness: A resource guide and toolkit for helping students achieve a higher education
U.S. Department of Education: The Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credit
At what cost? The price that working students pay for a college education
How Latino students pay for college: Patterns of financial aid in 2003-04
First generation students in postsecondary education: A look at their college transcripts
A summary of career beginnings impact evaluation: Findings from a program for disadvantaged high school students
African American achievement in America
Socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and selective college admissions
Latino youth finishing college: The role of selective pathways
Crisis at the core: Preparing all students for college and work
On course for success: A close look at high school courses that prepare students for college
Dual enrollment: Accelerating the transition to college
Increasing the preparedness of at-risk students
Do grants matter?
Discounting toward disaster: Tuition discounting, college finances, and enrollments of low-income undergraduates
Just and efficient college finance
Rhetoric and reality: Effects and consequences of the HOPE scholarship
College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2005 status report
Ready to succeed: All students prepared for college and work
Examining college remediation trends in Indiana
Access and persistence: Fall 2005
Lumina Foundation focus: Dreams detoured: Rising college costs alter plans and threaten futures
Reality check 2006: Are parents and students ready for more math and science
The challenge of scaling up educational reform: Findings and lesson from First Things First
Swimming against the tide: The poor in American higher education
Beyond the tunnel problem: Addressing cross-cutting issues that impact vulnerable youth
Missed opportunities revisited: New information on students who do not apply for financial aid
Policy on dual credit courses taught in high schools by high school faculty
Net price to family for dependent and independent undergraduate students by institutional type/control and parental income quartiles, 2004
College preparation information from Peterson's Education Center
Gender gap grows
Dollars and sense II: Lessons from good, cost-effective small schools
Higher education for undocumented students: The case for open admission and in-state tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status
Foundation for excellent schools
Part I: Barriers to student success on college campuses
College knowledge: Addressing information barriers to college
Making college affordable: A work-book on financial aid, loans, and scholarships for college-bound students and their families
Making college affordable: A work-book on financial aid, loans, and scholarships for college-bound students and their families (Spanish version)
Recent changes in the entry of Hispanic and White youth into college
As America becomes more diverse: The impact of state higher education inequality
Closing the college participation gap: A national summary
Grappling with the access problem
Bridging the gap between high school and college
Access to higher education in Indiana
Revelations and recommendations: The 2000 HSF Hispanic education study
Federal Pell Grant program of the Higher Education Act: Background and reauthorization
Campus-based student financial aid programs under the higher education act
Breaking barriers: A case study of two high performing high schools
College grants on a postcard: A proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid
Urgent but overlooked: The literacy crisis among adolescent English language learners
Strategies for improving student success in postsecondary education
Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college
Literature review: Intervention methods and programs for pre-college entry for disadvantaged students
Doors of opportunity opening or closing: We are using tax credits and tuition discounts to appease middle-class voters instead of expanding educational opportunity
Need versus merit: Focusing student financial aid for diversity
Minorities in higher education twenty-first annual status report, 2003-04
Capturing the college potential of students from under-served populations: An analysis of efforts to overcome social and financial barriers to college, executive summary
American Indian higher education consortium
Ithaca College - Frederick Douglass Academy Partnership
Education and the economy: An indicators report
Leading by example
The impact of diversity on college students: The latest research
How do I pay for college?
Cómo pagar por sus estudios universitarios (Financial aid guide)
Student African American Brotherhood
Financial aid glossary: Some terms you may enounter on the road
Guide for parents: Ten steps to prepare your child for college
Paying for college: A brief look at student financial aid programs
LearnMore Indiana Resource Center
State of college opportunity in Ohio 2005
Policy recommendations for reauthorization of NCLB and HEA
In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools
The progress of education reform: Closing the achievement gap
Promoting a systematic focus on learning supports to address barriers to learning and teaching
Thinking outside the box: Policy strategies for readiness, access, and success
Keeping America's promise: A report on the future of the community college
Narrowing the gaps in educational attainment: A policymaker's guide for assessing and responding to needs for community college services
Supporting adult English language learners' transitions to postsecondary education
What works for Latino students
Building bridges to college and careers: Contextualized basic skills programs at community colleges
Returning to learning: Adults' success in college is key to America's future
What it's worth: Field of training and economic status: 2001
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement
National Indian education study part II: The educational experiences of fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian and Alaska Native students
Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California
Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah
Lost learning, forgotten promises: A national analysis of school racial segregation, student achievement, and "controlled choice" plans
Looking to the future: Volunatary K-12 school integration
Educational vouchers for universal preschools
Effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies
Access and achievement: Building educational and career pathways for Latinos in advanced technology
Promoting school readiness through universal preschool
Early childhood investment yields big payoff
Participation in adult education for work-related reasons: 2002-03
Labor force participation in formal work-related education in 2000-01
Campaign for High School Equity
Improving student success by strengthening developmental education in community colleges: The role of state policy
Connext System
Putting kids on the pathway to college: How is your school doing? A college pathways rubric
The Bologna Process for US eyes: Re-learning higher education in the Age of Convergence
The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools
10 New higher education ideas for a new Congress
National Association for College Admission Counseling: Statement of prinicples of good practice
Using increased funding under the Workforce Investment Act to create multiple pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and middle-class employment
Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)
Noncognitive assessment and college success: The case of the Gates Millennium Scholars
From soldier to student: Easing the transition of service members on campus
New strategies in delivering education IDAs: Rethinking program design
Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow
Loan forgiveness and tax deduction benefits for college admission counseling professionals
IDA Pays: Examining the potential of education IDAs
How much are college students borrowing?
A clear and present danger to institutional and student success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management
The changing pathways of Hispanic youth into adulthood
Educational Policy Improvement Center
Investing in disadvantaged young children is an economically efficient policy
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of students who stop out
Foundations for success: Early implementation report
Strengthening community colleges' influence on economic mobility
Trends in college pricing 2008
Critical conditions for equity and diversity in college access: Informing policy and monitoring results
Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students
Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)
State future workforce gap summaries
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Students earning zero credits
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Developmental education: Completion status and outcomes
Coming to our senses: Education and the American future
The future of middle-skill jobs
Toward a national workforce education and training policy
The impact of postsecondary remediation using a regression discontinuity approach: Addressing endogenous sorting and noncompliance
For the benefit of all: Ensuring immigrant health and well-being
Descriptive summary of 2003-04 beginning postsecondary students: Three years later
The building blocks of success: Higher-level math for all students
Community colleges: Special supplement to the Condition of Education 2008
Building a data sharing network of scholarship programs for alumni of foster care
Noncredit enrollment in workforce education: State policies and community college practices
UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works
Community college success: Is it a pathway to opportunity?
Tapping America's Potential: Gaining momentum, losing ground: Progress report 2008
Reach higher, America: Overcoming crisis inthe U. S. workforce
What are they and how do I use them? Strategies and tools to increase and improve filing of the federal Hope and Lifetime Learning education tax credits by low-income filers
Center for Law and Social Policy
SREB states lead the nation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
The Breakthrough High School project
A state leader's action guide to 21st century skills
Innovation America: A compact for postsecondary education
Are they really ready to work? Employers perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce
School Redesign Network
American Indian and Alaska Native students in U.S. high schools
Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation
Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students
2007 Status report on the Pell Grant program
PISA 2006: OECD Briefing notes for the United States
Characteristics of minority-serving institutions and minority undergraduates enrolled in these institutions
The national articulation and transfer network
Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college
Unmasking the effects of student engagement on college grades and persistence
National Council of La Raza
Gates Millenium Scholars Program
Transfer between community colleges and four-year colleges: The all-American game
The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities
College is possible: A guide for undocumented students
Developing your vision while attending college
Education a Tu Alcance (Spanish Version)
Indiana State Profile
Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures
Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures 2006
Raising the Bar: Policy Recommendations for high school reform
Education watch California: Key education facts and figures
Dream it! Do it!
FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid (FSA)
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
Choosing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A closer look at Latino students college choices
Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology Scholarships
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Program
National evaluation of Upward Bound: Summary of first-year impacts and program operations
Association of American Indian Affairs (AAIA)
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarships
Leveraging postsecondary partners to build a college-going culture: Tools for high school-postsecondary partnerships
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Scholarships
Indiana's K-12 STEM Ed Report Card
What every college access practitioner should know about: Economic diversity in Indiana and U.S. colleges and universities
Best practices in student support services: A study of five exemplary sites
National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update
Getting ahead or losing ground: Economic mobility in America
Window of opportunity: Targeting federal grant aid to students with the lowest incomes
Colleges and universities expand efforts to improve access and affordability
Improving academic performance among Native American students: A review of the research literature
Black college dollars: 2007-2008 Directory of scholarships for African-American students
Do support services at community colleges encourage success or reproduce disadvantage?
Promising practices for community college developmental education
Indiana Chafee Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program
Orphan Foundation of America
Academic competitiveness grants
The Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) program: Six states' experiences
A Better Chance.org
2007-08 Directory of colleges cooperating with the SAT program fee-waiver service
Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?
The Black Collegian Online: The Career Site for Students of Color
Lumina Foundation Lessons: Students aren't just data points, but numbers do count
2006-2007 National directory of scholarships, internships, and fellowships for Latino youth
Financial aid pledges to reduce student debt (list of colleges and universities reducing or eliminating student loans for low-income families)
Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective
State merit aid programs: Responses by Florida community colleges
Manchester College: Fast forward program
Enhancing student services at Lorain County Community College: Early results from the Opening the Doors demonstration in Ohio
Enhancing student services at Owens Community College: Early results from the Opening Doors demonstration in Ohio
Starfish Initiative
Top 26 colleges for Latinos
Delta project on postsecondary education costs, productivity, and accountability
Do loans increase college access and choice? Examining the introduction of universal student loans
Their fair share: How Texas-sized gaps in teacher quality shortchange low-income and minority students
Transitions to adulthood for homeless adolescents: Education and public policy
Best practices: Resource for TRIO directors
Turning around chronically low-performing schools
A good start: Two-year effects of a freshman learning community program at Kingsborough Community College
Transitional jobs for ex-prisoners: Early impacts from a random assignment evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
Advancing adults into community college programs: Data tools from Breaking Through
K-12 R&D and STEM Education Report Cards
College For Every Student
Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid: A Guide for Those Helping Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education
Fast foward: Find your place - faster
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
Hispanic College Fund
Guidance and career counselor's toolkit: Advising high school students with disabilities on postsecondary options
Graduate education: The backbone of American competitiveness and innovation
Colorado Reports
From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; Alabama state report
Condition of education 2002: Special analysis, nontraditional undergraduates
Tips for finding a college match: Characteristics your child should consider
Lumina Foundation for Education: Adult learners
Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments: 2005-06 School year
Persistence and attainment of 2003-04 beginning postsecondary students: After three years
Forging new partnerships: Adult and developmental education in community colleges
Helping Teens Succeed
Chicago Public Schools Department of Postsecondary Education
Mission: Possible!
Education pays 2007: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society
The road ahead: Improving diversity in graduate education
Families forgotten: Administration’s priorities put child care low on list
Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007
Center for native education
A disturbing trend in law school diversity
National and state data
Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities
Breaking the cycle of poverty starts with learning
Asian Pacific Islander American Students and U.S. high schools
A supporting role: How accreditors can help promote the success of community college students
A call to action: Why America must innovate
Minorities in higher education twenty-second annual status report: 2007 supplement
What do we know about the economic benefits of the GED? A synthesis of evidence from recent research
Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education
Strengthening state adult education policies for low-skilled workers
Early and often: Designing a comprehensive system of financial aid information
Characteristics and destinations of students who transfer: Second report
The fiscal impacts of college attainment
The impact of new college graduates on intrastate labor markets
English-Spanish glossary of student financial aid and postsecondary education
College.gov
The economic benefits of academic and career preparation
Supporting success: Improving higher education outcomes for students from foster care—A framework for program enhancement
Think college? Me? Now?
A brief history of veterans' education benefits and their value
The iron triangle: College presidents talk about costs, access and quality
Making the dream a reality: Action steps for states to prepare all students for college and career
Diversity and affirmative action in higher education
The future workforce of Indiana
Indiana Latino Institute, Inc. Careers for the Future Scholarship 2009-2010
National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education
Flexible learning options for adult students
Promise lost: College-qualified students who don't enroll in college
Joining the conversation about educating our poorest children: Emerging leadership roles for school counselors in high-poverty schools
Paving the way: How financial aid awareness affects college access and success
Promoting partnerships for student success: Lessons from the SSPIRE Initiative
International trends in adult education and lifelong learning
Background and supporting evidence for Adult Education for Work
Lumina Foundation Focus: No more kid stuff: Colleges and universities take a mature approach to serving adult students
How schools can shape peer relations to promote achievement among Mexican-origin youth
The productivity argument for investing in young children
What we must to do to create a system that prepares students for college success
The critical role of financial aid for first-time/full-time students enrolling at rural-serving community colleges
Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how
Sexual orientation and outcomes in college
The 2008 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning
The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra
Campus commons? What faculty, financial officers, and others think about controlling college costs
Coalition for Student Achievement
Race to the top: Promising approaches to achieving teacher-related goals
Race to the top: Promising approaches to assisting the lowest-performing schools
Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes
Action required: Addressing the nation's lowest performing high schools
Facts for education advocates: School counseling, access and persistence
The contract for college: A policy proposal to increase college access and affordability
College outcomes comparisons by AP and non-AP high school experiences
The challenge to the states: Preserving college access and affordability in a time of crisis
What does a college degree cost? Comparing approaches to measuring "cost per degree"
Top ten state policy issues for higher education in 2009
Federal student aid's oversight and monitoring of guaranty agencies, lenders, and servicers needs improvement
Financial aid in theory and practice
Quick facts about financial aid and community colleges, 2007-08
The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality
The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance
Students entering and leaving postsecondary occupational education: 1995-2001
College learning for the new global century
Demography as destiny: How America can build a better future
School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps
Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative
Improving educational opportunties for students who work
Collegiate learning assessement project
The path of many journeys: The benefits of higher education for native people and communities
Helping students make good decisions and act on them: The real meaning of guidance and advisement
Serving adult learners in higher education: Principles of effectiveness
Balancing acts: How high school counselors view risks and opportunities of student loans
The growing importance of inherited educational opportunity
Graduate migration from Indiana's postsecondary institutions
Demography is not destiny: Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students at large public universities
Where the scholarships are: How to develop a scholarship strategy
Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student preparation for college and work
Scholarship guide
Frequently asked questions
Adult learning focused institution (ALFI) initiative
Financial aid FAQ (frequently asked questions)
The context of "choice" in college pathways
Low income student scholarships
Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for careers in athletics
Boosters, brokers, and bridges: Real world ideas for college access programs
For better science, just add color
Where are the Black scientists?
Accelerated learning for all
Career development interventions and academic self-efficacy: A pilot study
American Indian college fund
Richard Stockton College Community of Scholars
Trends in African American and Native American participation in STEM higher education
Trends in college pricing 2006
Recession, retrenchment, and recovery: State higher education funding and student financial aid
Creating college opportunity for all: Prepared students and affordable colleges
NDSFA: Getting the most out of federal aid spending -- encouraging colleges and universities to promote the common good