COLLEGE RETENTION
Preparing to get into college is important. But how to stay and graduate on time is just as important.
Some resources for students, parents and teachers are here:
5 Things You Can Do to Support First-Generation College Students
(Education Post, July 15, 2016)
How to Help First Generation
Students Succeed.
(The Atlantic, March 13, 2016)
90% of low-income, first-gen students
don’t graduate on time.
But colleges can change that.
(EAB Daily Briefing, March 16, 2016)
Why the First-Gen Mindset Is Crucial
To College Student Retention
(Presence, May 3, 2016)
Best Practices for Supporting Upward Economic and Social
Mobility for First-Generation College Students
(The American Psychological Association, 2016)
Closing the Gap: Strategies for Increasing
Higher Education Attainment in Nevada
(Kenny Guinn Center for Policy
Priorities, June 2017)
Encouraging First Generation College Student Success
(National Academic Advising
Association, June 2012)
Nevada College Completion Statistics
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013 data)
Research to Improve Retention.
(Inside Higher Ed, February 7, 2013)
Straight from the Source: What Works for
First-Generation College Students
(Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity,
December 2006)
