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Exploring The Experiences Of First Generation College Students, Maceo Daniel Wattley
Exploring The Experiences Of First Generation College Students, Maceo Daniel Wattley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
At a large, urban university in the Midwestern United States, graduation rates of first-generation college students (FGCS) who are the first within a family to be admitted and attend a 4-year post-secondary institution of higher learning have declined over the past decade despite programs instituted to improve student retention. The purpose of the study was to explore FGCSâs and university administratorsâ experiences affecting the decisions for FGCS to drop out and to examine student and administrator recommendations for improvements, based on their experiences, to prevent attrition. Guided by Knowlesâs theory of andragogy, which describes how adult learners are self-directed and …