First-generation college students benefit from discussing class differences

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A Stanford scholar found that talking about social class helped first-generation college students reduce the social-class achievement gap by as much as 63 percent. Using a “difference-education” approach, these students had higher grade-point averages and took better advantage of college resources than peers who didn’t participate in the discussion.

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While many colleges and universities have aggressively recruited more first-generation students, she said, the schools have not yet figured out how to get these students through college successfully. This has created “a paradox” that fuels, rather than mitigates, the growing inequality gap in society.

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[emeraldkity4]

<p>Some schools have TRIO, my older daughters college has peer mentors.
<a href=“Colleges | I'm First!”>http://www.imfirst.org/colleges/&lt;/a&gt;
The program my daughter participated in, in high school, now goes through college.( although after her time)
<a href=“http://www.collegeaccessnow.org”>http://www.collegeaccessnow.org</a></p>

<p>Despite being first gen with parents that are pretty clueless, my oldest daughter has a masters degree and her sister is graduating from her university this June!</p>