Supporting Parents in Supporting Their Students: Why Including First-Generation Families in the Process Is Important

Authors

  • Laura Smith University of South Carolina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26209/mj1461298

Keywords:

first-generation, parents, students, supporting

Abstract

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Author Biography

Laura Smith, University of South Carolina

Laura M. Smith is a graduate student in the University of South Carolina's Higher Education and Student Affairs program. She is also a graduate assistant in the university's TRiO Opportunity Scholars Program. She can be reached at smithl42@email.sc.edu.

References

Saenz, V. B., Hurtado, S., Barrera, D., Wolf, D., & Yeung, F. (2007). First in my family: A profile of first-generation college students at four-year institutions since 1971. Los Angeles, CA: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.

U.S. Department of Education. (2010, October 18). Federal TRiO programs—Home page. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html

University of South Carolina. (2010, October 27). Opportunity Scholars Program. Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/trio/osp.htm

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