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.
Videos
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Articles
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).
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.