1. Sleep is Optional . . . (WaPo) Jan 6th 2019

2. Top Colleges Are Enrolling More Students from Low-Income Homes (WSJ) Dec 17th 2018

3. Public Universities Go Big To Improve Student Success (Forbes) Nov 15th 2018

4. First-Generation College Graduates Earn Less . . . (The Conversation ) Oct 25th 2018

5. For many college students, hunger can make it hard to focus in class (WaPo) Jul 31st 2018

6. Low-Income, First-Generation Students Have Finally . . . (WaPo) Mar 13th 2018

7. More Open and Diverse: Harvard’s Outgoing President on a decade of change (WaPo) May 31st 2018

8. The Struggles and Strengths of Being a First-Generation College Student (The Houston Chronicle) ? 2018

9. Michelle Obama Encourages First-Generation College Students: “There Are So Many People Who Believe In You” (Time) ? 2018

10. The Talent is Out There. So Why Don't Elite Colleges Enroll More Low-Income Students? (The Washington Post) ? 2018

11. CU Denver Enrolls Largest Freshman Class In History With Half Being First-Generation College Students (The Denver Post) Sep 14th 2018

12. First-Gen Student Succeeds and Runs 51 Marathons to Raise $1 Million to Open Doors for Other First-Gen Students (The Huffington Post) ? 2018

13. College Students Create A Practical Guide For Being ‘Not Rich’ on Campus (USA Today) Apr 23rd 2018

14. A First-Generation College Student Heads to Wegmans for Spring Break (The Washington Post) Mar 29th 2018

15. The U.S. Makes It Easy for Parents to Get College Loans – Repaying Them Is Another Story (WSJ) Apr 24th 2017

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RESEARCH and REPORTS

1. Examining Retention and Transfer in Relation to Incoming Student Data for First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Students: What Differences Exist? (Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice)

2. Reaching Individual Success and Empowerment (RISE): A First-Generation, Co-Curricular, Academic, and Social Engagement Model (Journal of Business Diversity)

3. First-Generation College Students and Non-First-Generation College Students: Perceptions of Belonging (Journal of Nursing Education and Practice)

4. The Equalizing Power of a College Degree for First-Generation College Students: Disparities Across Institutions, Majors and Achievement Levels (Research in Higher Education)

5. Utilizing Social Class Bilingual Identity Integration to Improve Outcomes for First-Generation College Students (Translational Issues in Psychological Science)

6. Examining First-Generation College Student Lived Experiences with Micro-Aggressions and Micro-Affirmations at a Predominately White Research University (Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology)

7. Brokering College Opportunity for First-Generation Youth: The Role of the Urban High School (American Educational Research Journal )

8. The Role of Family Support in Facilitating Academic Success of Low-Income Students (Research in Higher Education)

9. The Impact of Home-School Cultural Value Conflicts and President Trump on Latina/o First-Generation College Students’ Attentional Control (International Journal of Psychology)

10. Perspectives from a First-Generation College Student: Reflections on the Value of Mentoring Relationships (Journal of Health Promotion Practice)

11. First-Generation College Student Achievement and the First-Year Seminar: A Quasi-Experimental Design (Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition)

12. Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap: A Difference-Education Intervention Improves First-Generation Students’ Academic Performance and All Students’ College Transition (Psychological Science)

13. Academic Achievement in First-Generation College Students: The Role of Academic Self Concept (Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

14. Academic Advising and First-Generation College Students: A Quantitative Study of Student Retention (NACADA Journal)

15. First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College: Additional Evidence (Journal of College Student Development)

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