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Download full textMiller, Abby; Taylor Smith, Chandra; Nichols, Andrew – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
This paper offers a comprehensive description of the academic and social support systems for low-income, first-generation students attending a major four-year, for-profit, multi-campus university. College retention and success research has determined that effective support services succeed in retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, College Students
Engle, Jennifer; Tinto, Vincent – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2008
Given the pressure to remain competitive in the global knowledge economy, it is in the shared national interest to act to increase the number of students who not only enter college, but more importantly, earn their degrees. Changing national demographics requires a refocus of efforts on improving postsecondary access and success among populations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Barriers
