American College Testing2019-04-252019-04-252018http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89128This 2018 higher education report highlights, among other aspects, how much academic preparation is needed for middle-skills jobs?; retention and transfer behavior of first-generation students; how academic readiness and discipline may become two factors related to degree completion.application/pdfen-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalfirst-generation studentsworking-adult studentsstudent experienceReporthttp://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/2018-Higher-Education-Research-Digest.pdf