ERIC Number: EJ1251474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 21
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How Can We Help You? An Exploration of What Institutional Websites Reveal about First-Generation Support Services
Hodge, Lynell; Wilkerson, Amanda; Stanislaus, Emmanuela Pierre
Metropolitan Universities, v31 n1 p92-112 Feb 2020
Institutional websites are powerful tools that communicate wide range of information. Providing access to higher education requires institutions to consider how services are communicated with a goal of engaging students from diverse populations. This study utilized a conceptual content analysis to review university and college websites to determine how information about support services for first-generation students is electronically communicated. The researchers constructed an evaluative study to assess 14 institutions to formulate a critique and extend the work of Eccles's expectancy-value theory (1984), which suggests that achievement-related choices are motivated by students' expectations for success. The results of this study found salient factors to indicate that institutions sought to provide support for first-generation students, but relevant information was not always explicitly conveyed on websites, particularly in ways most likely to engage diverse populations.
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Support Services, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Dissemination, College Choice, College Readiness, Peer Relationship, School Holding Power, Expectation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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