Student Success Literature & Resources

Cohen, G., Garcia, J., Apfel, N., & Master, A. (2006). Reducing the racial achievement gap: A social-psychological intervention. Science, 313(5791), 1307-1310. doi: 10.1126/science.1128317.
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Dwyer, R. E., Mccloud, L., & Hodson, R. (2012). Debt and Graduation from American Universities. Social Forces, 90(4), 1133-1155. doi:10.1093/sf/sos072.
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EAB (2016). The Evolving Role of Faculty in Student Success, EAB Publication, 28, Retrieved August 2016.
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Gulley, N. Y. (2016), Defining Students as Nontraditional Is Inaccurate and Damaging, Inside Higher Ed, Retrieved August 2016.
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Hutchens, Kelli; Deffendall, Matthew; and Peabody, Michael (2011). Supporting First Generation College Students, Kentucky Journal of Higher Education Policy and Practice: Vol. 1: Issue 1, Article 4.
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Inkelas, K. K., Daver, Z. E., Vogt, K. E., & Leonard, J. B. (2006). Living–Learning Programs and First-Generation College Students’ Academic and Social Transition to College. Research in Higher Education, 48(4), 403-434. doi:10.1007/s11162-006-9031-6
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Jury, M., Smeding, A., & Darnon, C. (2015). First-generation students’ underperformance at university: The impact of the function of selection. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00710.
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Koch, Andrew K. Many Thousands Failed: A Wakeup Call to History Educators. Perspectives on History. American Historical Association, May 2017. Web. 19 May 2017.
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Ladson-Billings, G. (2006). From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools. Educational Researcher, 35(7), 3-12. doi:10.3102/0013189x035007003
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Lee, J. (2002). Racial and Ethnic Achievement Gap Trends: Reversing the Progress Toward Equity?Educational Researcher, 31(1), 3-12. doi:10.3102/0013189x031001003
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Mccarron, G. P., & Inkelas, K. K. (2006). The Gap between Educational Aspirations and Attainment for First-Generation College Students and the Role of Parental Involvement. Journal of College Student Development, 47(5), 534-549. doi:10.1353/csd.2006.0059
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Murphy, C., & Stewart, J. (2015). The impact of online or f2f lecture choice on student achievement and engagement in a large lecture-based science course: Closing the gap. Online Learning, 19(3), 91-110.
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Oldfield, K. (2007). Humble and hopeful: Welcoming first-generation poor and working-class students to college. About Campus, 11(6), 2-12. doi: 10.1002/abc.188
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Oldfield, K. (2012). Still humble and hopeful: Two more recommendations on welcoming first-generation poor and working-class students to college. About Campus, 17(5), 2-13.
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Oyserman, D., & Destin, M. (2010). Identity-Based Motivation: Implications for Intervention. The Counseling Psychologist. doi:10.1177/0011000010374775
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Smelding, A., Darnon, C., Souchal, C., Toczek-Capelle, M., & Bitera, F. (2013). Reducing the Socio-Economic Status Achievement Gap at University by Promoting Mastery-Oriented Assessment. PLOS|One, 8(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071678
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Stephens, N., Fryberg, S., Markus, H., Johnson, C., Covarrubias, R., et al. (2012). Unseen disadvantage: How American universities' focus on independence undermines the academic performance of first-generation college students. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(6), 1178-1197. doi: 10.1037/a0027143
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Stephens, N. M., Hamedani, M. G., & Destin, M. (2014). Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap: A Difference-Education Intervention Improves First-Generation Students' Academic Performance and All Students' College Transition. Psychological Science, 25(4), 943-953. doi:10.1177/0956797613518349
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Tough, Paul (2014) Who Gets to Graduate, The New York Times Magazine.
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Williams, A., Birch, E., & Hancock, P. (2012). The impact of online lecture recordings on student performance. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(2). doi:10.14742/ajet.869.
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Wintre, M. G., Dilouya, B., Pancer, S. M., Pratt, M. W., Birnie-Lefcovitch, S., Polivy, J., & Adams, G. (2011). Academic achievement in first-year university: Who maintains their high school average? Higher Education, 62(4), 467-481. doi:10.1007/s10734-010-9399-2>.
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