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Experiences and Outcomes of First-Generation Students in Community Colleges: Methods

  • The sample came from five community colleges in five different states. They randomly selected 144 students from the community colleges.
  • Independent variables: comparing first-generation students with all other college students. “Other students” were only those who had both parents with college degrees (not those with just one parent with a degree).
  • In this “other college student” category, they further divided it into levels of “high” and “moderate” levels of postsecondary education.
  • Therefore, the independent variable "other college students" was split into 2 groups— one with students whose parents had both completed a bachelor’s or above (high education level) , and the second with one or more parents having completed at least some college, but no more than one parent with a bachelor’s degree or above (moderate education level).
  • The other variable was students with parents having no more than a high school degree (first-generation).

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Updated 2020-12-20

Contributors are:

Olivia McGeough
Olivia McGeough
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Who are from:

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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