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ERIC Number: EJ407458
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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First Generation College Students: Are They at Greater Risk for Attrition than Their Peers?
Pratt, Phillip A.; Skaggs, C. Thomas
Research in Rural Education, v6 n2 p31-34 1989
Among 1,035 full-time college freshmen surveyed during their first week of classes, first-generation students reported stronger institutional commitments but did not differ from their peers in goal commitment, self-rated academic ability, or predispositions to academic or social integration. Contains 12 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Freshmen, Educational Research, First Generation College Students, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cooperative Institutional Research Program
Note: Theme issue with title "Student Aspirations."