First-Generation College Students: How Co-Curricular Involvement Can Assist with Success
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Students who are the first in their family to attend postsecondary education are known as first-generation college students. When compared to continuing-generation students, first-generation students face greater challenges in college as a result of being the first in their family to attend postsecondary education. Access, attainment, and persistence are some of the challenges first-generation students encounter. Alexander Astin’s (1984) research indicated there is a positive correlation between students’ co-curricular involvement and their college success. Because of the high number of first-generation students now enrolled in institutions of higher education, more research needs to be conducted specifically on first-generation students and how their involvement can lead them to success.
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