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ISBN: | 9781441658654 1441658653 9781579225254 157922525X 9781579223694 9781579223700
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Davis, Jeff, 1959 June 5- First-generation student experience. 1st ed. Sterling, Va : Stylus, ©2010 9781579223700
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