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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Academic Achievement in First Generation College Students: The Role of Academic Self-Concept
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DeFreitas, Stacie Craft; Rinn, Anne – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This study examined whether verbal and math self-concepts could help explain the academic performance of first generation college students. Participants were 167 ethnically diverse students at an inner city, commuter, open-enrollment, four-year university in the southwestern United States. Results indicated that students with lower verbal and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, First Generation College Students, Self Concept, Mathematics Skills
The Influence of Involvement with Faculty and Mentoring on the Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of African American and Latino College Students
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DeFreitas, Stacie Craft; Bravo, Antonio, Jr. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
African American and Latino college students were surveyed to examine the influence of involvement with faculty and mentoring on self-efficacy and academic achievement. It was hypothesized that involvement with faculty and mentoring were related to greater academic achievement. It was suggested that the relationship of these factors was mediated…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, African American Students