References
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
Anastasia Parks. (2013, January 25). What is Upward Bound? [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFYb6WP99iA
CBS. (2007, June 6). Lots of "Posse"-bilities (CBS News). [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV82M3wiJLc
College Possible's Channel. (2014, January 30). "An Impact Like You Wouldn't Believe". [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok1f_Qcureg
College Possible's Channel. (2015, August 7). Introducing College Possible. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rGtqg8h0nk
MCTCTube. (2012, October 30). TRIO Educational Talent Search. [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XyVt4CenA
TEDx Talks. (2014, September 8). Social Capital: The Critical Assets for Success. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/v/nqwTRl9cdn4
The White House. (2014, November 3). Tumblr Q&A: First Lady Michelle Obama on Being a First Generation College Student. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/110788036
txlihis. (2008, October 19). LBJ State of Union War on Poverty. [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfT03Ihtlds
What Kids Can Do. (2009, January 21). Who We Are: First Generation College Students Speak Out. [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJRiCWy7xo
WDSCTV15. (2014, April 11). TRIO Student Support Services. [Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGcwyixzOS4
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
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