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Genius: Scie-Nce Access For Unde-Represente-D University Parties, Kaitlin Palmer
Genius: Scie-Nce Access For Unde-Represente-D University Parties, Kaitlin Palmer
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The School of Natural Sciences (SNS) houses the biology, marine science, and environmental science, technology, and policy majors which have low retention rates. The Science Student Success (S3) Program was created as a toolbox for first-generation and low socioeconomic college students to receive support and access to the resources they need to help them succeed. Three S3 Program students were interviewed to obtain their viewpoints on what should be done to improve the success and retention of first-generation and low-income SNS students. From an analysis of the students’ interviews and the scholarly literature, three factors emerged as important to increase …