Pushing the Boulder Uphill: The Persistence of First-Generation College Students

By P. Somers, S. Woodhouse, James E. Cofer. 2004

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Shaping Retention from Research to Practice (2007, background): “Suggestions for such financial aid practices entail giving working students more scholarship aid to ease the burden of working to pay for college (Caison, 2204-2005), packages with low amounts of loans for first-generation students (Somers et al., 2004) and the award of loans and work-study to upper”
Exploring the impact of social class on adjustment to college: Anna’s story (2007, background): “Somers et al. (2004) found that students who attend college full time and live on campus are more likely to persist.”
Student aid and its role in encouraging persistence (2009, background): “, 1999, 2002a), and indeed a smaller set of studies has examined the effects of student financial aid on persistence as measured by the amount awarded (e.g., St. John et al., 2005; Singell and Stater, 2006; Somers et al., 2004).”