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The Challenges of First‐Generation Doctoral Students
Author(s) -
Gardner Susan K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20064
Subject(s) - higher education , graduate students , medical education , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , political science , medicine , law
Students who are the first in their families to graduate from college have significant challenges and yet comprise a significant percentage of the number of awarded doctorates in the United States.