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“You know who that is?”

“Your lips are like Brigitte Bardot’s.”

, where a student's academic ability determines their understanding of course material, which then determines academic per? formance.

ctations are recognized and understood

percent of PSU students are first generation students, and of that group, 12% qualify as

characteristics of institutions and the characteristics of individual students

We propose that an individual's understanding of the "college student role" is a critical element in explaining student success at the universi

my mom placing a napkin and fork at each place, setting the table as we did at home.

The student’s mother had never enrolled in college

Preschoolers who skip naps are worse at a memory game than those who snooze

history of commitment to social justice and opposition to oppression and marginalization

Inspired by the diversity of our community that includes many first-generation college students

The trip to campus is less intimidating than if it immediately preceded matriculation

I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I’d feared.