IMPORTANT WEBSITES AND INFORMATION
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5 Things You Can Do to Support First-Generation College Students
(Education Post, July 15, 2016)
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How to Help First Generation
Students Succeed.
(The Atlantic, March 13, 2016)
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90% of low-income, first-gen students
don’t graduate on time.
But colleges can change that.
(EAB Daily Briefing, March 16, 2016)
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Why the First-Gen Mindset Is Crucial
To College Student Retention
(Presence, May 3, 2016)
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Best Practices for Supporting Upward Economic and Social
Mobility for First-Generation College Students
(The American Psychological Association, 2016)
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Closing the Gap: Strategies for Increasing
Higher Education Attainment in Nevada
(Kenny Guinn Center for Policy
Priorities, June 2017)
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Encouraging First Generation College Student Success
(National Academic Advising
Association, June 2012)
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Nevada College Completion Statistics
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013 data)
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Research to Improve Retention.
(Inside Higher Ed, February 7, 2013)
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Straight from the Source: What Works for
First-Generation College Students
(Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity,
December 2006)
College of Southern Nevada
Phone: (702) 651-5000
Great Basin College
Phone: (775) 753-2102
Truckee Meadows Community College
Phone: (775) 673-7042
Western Nevada College
Phone: (775) 445-3277
Nevada State College
Phone: (702) 992-2130
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Phone: (702) 774-UNLV(8658)
University of Nevada, Reno
Phone (775)784-4700
Nevada State Treasurer
Phone: (888) 477-2667
Federal Student Aid
Phone: (800) 4-FED-AID (800-433-3243)
TTY: (800) 730-8913
Toll number for inquirers calling from foreign countries: 1-319-337-5665