STEM Degree Completion and First-Generation College Students: What Explains the Gap?

• In Event: 52.043 - STEM Student Success: From Transfer to Baccalaureate Completion

Abstract

The STEM experiences of first generation students differ from their peers. Based on a multinomial logistic regression, our findings highlight malleable factors within the control of institutions that could lead to enhanced STEM completion for first generation college students.

Authors

• Ezekiel Kimball, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Genia Bettencourt, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Catherine A. Manly, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Juan Manuel Ruiz-Hau, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Ryan S. Wells, University of Massachusetts - Amherst