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Identifying The Unique Characteristics Of First-Generation College Students Whose Parents Never Attended College, Reena Patel
Identifying The Unique Characteristics Of First-Generation College Students Whose Parents Never Attended College, Reena Patel
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In this descriptive study, I examined data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Millennial Scholars Cohort 3 Longitudinal Survey which comprised of high- achieving, low-income and historically marginalized college students, to compare students whose parents never attended college (“True” FCGS) to students whose parents attended but did not graduate along five variables: academic preparation, academic transition, academic and social integration, and academic outcome patterns. This study addressed a significant void in prior research with respect to the need for a clearly established FGCS definition. Bourdieu’s social and cultural capital framework is the theoretical foundation for this study because his theory …