The Gap between Educational Aspirations and Attainment for First-Generation College Students and the Role of Parental Involvement

By G. McCarron, K. Inkelas. 2006

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Academic Preparedness of First-Generation College Students: Different Perspectives (2014, background): “Additionally, first-generation students are more likely to be a racial minority (Bui 2002; Choy, 2001; Lee et al., 2007; McCarron & Inkelas, 2006; Terenzini et al., 1996; Warburton et al., 2001).”
Counterspaces and Connections in College Transitions: First-Generation Latino Students' Perspectives on Chicano Studies (2011, background): “Moreover, firstgeneration Latino college students are even less likely than other first-generation students to complete college (McCarron & Inkelas, 2006).”
Social Capital and Academic Motivation Among First-Generation Community College Students (2015, background): “Students who are both low-SES and first-generation experience stresses and difficulties similar to all new college students; however, they face additional social and academic barriers based on their first-generation status (McCarron & Inkelas, 2006).”
Stress, Coping, and Perceived Academic Goal Progress in First-Generation College Students: The Role of Institutional Supports (2017, background): “The operationalization of “support” varies widely within scholarship devoted to firstgeneration students and includes parental involvement (McCarron & Inkelas, 2006), encouragement for attending college (Terenzini, Springer, Yaeger, Pascarella, & Nora, 1996), support with college-related problems…”
First-to-Second-Year Persistence of Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Institutions in the United States (2011, background): “…student may present potential barriers and contribute to higher attrition rates of students from postsecondary institutions (e.g., Engle & Tinto, 2008; Horn & Carroll, 1998; Ishitani, 2003, 2006; Lohfink & Paulsen, 2005; McCarron & Inkelas, 2006; Tinto, 2004; Warburton et al., 2001).”
An Exploration of First-Generation College Students’ Career Development Beliefs and Experiences (2015, methodology): “These definitions included students whose parents have had no college education (e.g., Inman & Mayes, 1999; Ishitani, 2006) or some amount of college education short of a 4-year degree (e.g., McCarron & Inkelas, 2006; Stephens, Fryberg, Markus, Johnson, & Covarrubias, 2012).”
First-generation students: what we ask, what we know and what it means: an international review of the state of research (2013, background): “…on ISCED-level 5A (Orr, Gwosć, & Netz, 2011).1 A broader definition also includes students who study for a less then three-year degree at a higher education college or community college (e.g. Chen, 2005; Hahs-Vaughn, 2004; McCarron & Inkelas, 2006; Pascarella, Wolniak, Pierson, & Terenzini, 2003).”