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The Role Of Parental And Family Involvement In The Persistence Of Freshman First-Generation College Students, Ray O. Grant
The Role Of Parental And Family Involvement In The Persistence Of Freshman First-Generation College Students, Ray O. Grant
College of Education Theses and Dissertations
The number of first-generation college students has increased steadily over the years. These students faced many barriers to their academic success as they transitioned to college including limited support from family members. This qualitative study utilized a phenomenological approach to understand what role, if any, the support of parents and family helped first-generation students to persist in their academics during the first year of college. Six sophomore first-generation college students from a private Catholic institution in an urban setting in the Midwest were interviewed for the study along with six of their family members. The sophomore first-generation students reflected on …