-  5,000 students from 9 campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) 
    - The LACCD is a very diverse urban population which is very helpful for this study 
- Info about student backgrounds, activities, goals, and views was collected by the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) project during spring 2001. 

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-  Sample 
-  Variable of Interest
-  Analyses
-  Findings

Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status: Methods

Lee, J. J., Sax, L. J., Kim, K. A., & Hagedorn, L. S. (2004). Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status. Community College Review, 32(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/009155210403200101

Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status

- Conducted ANOVA to examine differences in students with varying parental education levels 
    - Parental education levels were compared by income and race 
- Then, made five logistic regression equations to see which aspects of students’ experiences and views reflect parental education level after controlling for students’ background characteristics 

Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status: Analyses

Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status: Sample

- Variable of interest was related to the question asked of students: “what is the highest level of formal education obtained by your parents in either the US or in a foreign country?"
    - 10 response options in 5 categories to asses several levels of parental education 
    - Categories: (based on highest level of either parent) 
        - 1) junior high school or less
        - 2) high school
        - 3) community college
        - 4) four-year college 
        - 5) graduate school

Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status: Variable of interest

- The findings discussed align with prior literature on first generation students, but more interesting are the different sets of significant predictors across levels of parental education 
    -  Group A (junior high school parental education vs. high school parental education)
    - Group B (high school parental education vs. community college parental education)
    - Group C (community college parental education vs. four-year college parental education)
    -  Group D ( (graduate school vs. four-year college)

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