The first-generation student experience : implications for campus practice, and strategies for improving persistence and success /

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Author / Creator:Davis, Jeff, 1959 June 5-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Sterling, Va : Stylus, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219210
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ISBN:9781441658654
1441658653
9781579225254
157922525X
9781579223694
9781579223700
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Given that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures. First-person narratives by first-generation students help the reader get to grips with the variety of ethnic and economic categories to which they belong. The book conc.
Other form:Print version: Davis, Jeff, 1959 June 5- First-generation student experience. 1st ed. Sterling, Va : Stylus, ©2010 9781579223700