First-Generation College Students’ Perspectives on What College Readiness Entails

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  In Roundtable Session: First-Generation College Students: Perspectives and Processes

Abstract

In this paper I draw on the experiences of 49 first-generation college students who served as mentors in a total of 19 Title I high schools in the Southwest U.S. to describe what a culturally diverse group of first-generation college students believe are the key components ‘college readiness’ and what can be done to further support minority students’ efforts in their pathway towards a postsecondary education.

Authors

• Carla Amaro-Jimenez, The University of Texas - Arlington

• Holly Hungerford-Kresser, The University of Texas - Arlington