First- and Continuing-Generation Students, Substance Use, and College Graduation.
Graduation from a four-year college is an important potential means of social mobility for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. For "first-generation" students, the path to a degree is often made more difficult by circumstances such as working long hours and living with parents, as well as an...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 1636 - 1669 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2020
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