Bridging the Gap: Academic Preparation and Postsecondary Success of First-Generation Students.

Warburton, Edward C.; Bugarin, Rosio; Nunez, Anne-Marie

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ERIC Number: EJ640235

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Bridging the Gap: Academic Preparation and Postsecondary Success of First-Generation Students.

Warburton, Edward C.; Bugarin, Rosio; Nunez, Anne-Marie

Education Statistics Quarterly, v3 n3 p73-77 Fall 2001

Focused on how the high school preparation of first-generation students (i.e., students whose parents did not attend college) related to these students' performance and persistence at 4-year colleges. Compared these students with their peers whose parents graduated from college. Parents' levels of education were associated with student retention and persistence in college. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Preparation, College Students, Course Selection (Students), Educational Attainment, First Generation College Students, High School Students, High Schools, Parent Background

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED457204; ED460140; ED555627