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ERIC Number: EJ608548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-5521
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The Importance of Being First: Unique Characteristics of First-Generation Community College Students.
Inman, W. Elliot; Mayes, Larry
Community College Review, v26 n4 p3-22 Spr 1999
Reveals that first-generation University of Kentucky Community College System enrollees come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, are motivated by a different set of goals, and are constrained by a different set of limitations than those whose parents were college educated. The entering student survey instrument is appended. (Contains 17 references.) (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Family Influence, Socioeconomic Background, Student Characteristics, Student Educational Objectives, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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