Works Cited
Image 1. FGCS Demographics. This image depicts the demographics of first-generation college students throughout the United States.
Image 2. The Effects of Parental Involvement on Student Performance. This image portrays various ways that parental involvement, or the lack of, impacts students.
Image 3. The Economic Mobility a College Degree Brings. This image depicts how obtaining a college degree is a means of escaping poverty.
Image 4. The Graduation Gap. This graph expresses the likelihood of obtaining a college degree based on a student's SAT score and family income.
Image 5. College for Everyone. This image portrays individuals from diverse backgrounds accessing post-secondary institutions.
Image 6. College Possible Statistics. This graph compares and contrasts national education statistics of first-generation college students with College Possible participants.
Videos
Understanding Social Capital.
Culture Shock.
Unprepared for Higher Education.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Upward Bound.
Talent Search.
Student Support Services.
Lots of "Posse"-bilities.
Benefits of College Possible.
References
Allison, K. D. (2015). Stress, Anxiety Symptomatology, and the Need for Student Support Services for University Freshmen of First-Generation Status, Low-SES Backgrounds, and those Registered with Disabilities (Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University of Louisiana).
College Possible. (2015). About. Retrieved from http://www.collegepossible.org/about/
College Possible. (2015). Locations. Retrieved from http://www.collegepossible.org/locations/
Inkleas, K., Daver, Z., Vogt, K., & Leonardo, J. (2007). Living learning communities and first generation college students' academic and social transition to college. Research in Higher Education, 48(4), 403-434.
Posse Foundation. (2015). About Us. Retrieved from https://www.possefoundation.org/about-posse
Posse Foundation. (2015). Our University Partners. Retrieved from https://www.possefoundation.org/our-university-partners
U.S. Department of Education. (2015). College possible: Closing the achievement gap for low-income students and investing in innovation. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/2014/college.pdf
U.S. Department of Education. (2015). Federal TRIO Programs. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html
U.S. Department of Education. (2015). Student Support Services Program. Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triostudsupp/index.html
U.S. Department of Education. (2015). Talent Search Program. Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/index.html
U.S. Department of Education. (2015). Upward Bound Program. Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/index.html