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- First-Generation Students in Postsecondary Education: A Look at Their College TranscriptsChen, Xianglei (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005-07-01)Recent research has generated a large body of knowledge about students who are the first members of their families to attend college, referred as “first-generation students”. The results show that such students are at a distinct disadvantage in gaining access to postsecondary education. Even those who overcome the barriers and do enroll have difficulty remaining enrolled and attaining a degree. What has not been well studied, however, are the course-taking experiences of first-generation students after entering college. What do first-generation students study in college? How well do they do in their coursework? Is their coursework different from that of their peers whose parents went to college? This report explores these questions by using data from the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) to examine the majors and course-taking patterns of first-generation students and to compare their postsecondary experiences and outcomes with those of students whose parents went to college.
- Profile of Very Low and Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015–16Chen, Xianglei; Nunnery, Annaliza (U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2019-10-01)This report, using the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study data set, highlights the different demographics, enrollment characteristics, financial aid characteristics, and price of attendance for students across family income levels.
- Profile of Very Low And Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015–16Chen, Xianglei; Nunnery, Annaliza (U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, 2019-10-01)The primary objectives behind postsecondary financial aid programs are to increase access, improve affordability, and promote equal opportunity and college success for postsecondary students (Gillen 2010). Low-income students are frequently a topic of higher education research precisely because they have the greatest need with respect to all three of these objectives (Bellin 2015; Tilak 2010). This report presents a profile of low-income undergraduates in 2015–16, and examines policies and programs designed to assist these students.