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Assessing The Effects Of Parental Involvement On First-Generation And Second-Generation College Students, Terence Hicks
Assessing The Effects Of Parental Involvement On First-Generation And Second-Generation College Students, Terence Hicks
Terence Hicks, Ph.D., Ed.D.
Few researchers have studied the effects that parental influence has on first-generation and second-generation college students. This lack of empirical knowledge prompted this investigation on the effectiveness of parental involvement on first- and second-generation college student performance. A recent review of literature reveals that researchers have used different definitions of the "first-generation" concept (Bean&Metzner. 1985; Billson&Terry. 1982). Bean and Metzner (1985) examined the research on the correlation between parental education and the first-generation college student's persistence and reported that other researchers found equivocal results when examining this relationship. Billson and Terry (1987) argued, however, that the analysis performed by Bean …
Advising The First-Generation College Student: Effective Retention Tools For Colleges And Universities, Terence Hicks
Advising The First-Generation College Student: Effective Retention Tools For Colleges And Universities, Terence Hicks
Terence Hicks, Ph.D., Ed.D.
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Academic Characteristics Among First-Generation And Non-First-Generation College Students, Catrina G. Murphy, Terence Hicks
Academic Characteristics Among First-Generation And Non-First-Generation College Students, Catrina G. Murphy, Terence Hicks
Terence Hicks, Ph.D., Ed.D.
The present study involved a sample (n = 203) of college students and investigated the differences in academic expectations of first-generation and non-first-generation undergraduates who attended a doctoral-granting public four-year historically Black university on the eastern shore of Maryland. There were 133 first-generation and 70 non-first-generation students. This study focused on the expressed needs of first-generation and non-first-generation college students to determine whether differences exist in academic expectations. In addition, this study sought to lead to an increase in the understanding of the academic expectations shared by first-year first-generation and non-first-generation college students. This study used an ex post facto …