{"id":2294,"date":"2018-07-13T08:36:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2018-07-13T08:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:36:48","slug":"low-income-families-play-a-powerful-role-in-the-success-of-their-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/13\/low-income-families-play-a-powerful-role-in-the-success-of-their-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-Income Families Play a Powerful Role in the Success of Their Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Financial assistance is crucial to the academic success of low-income college students, but according to new research, family support may be even more influential.<\/p>\n

A study published recently in Research in Higher Education<\/em> showed that students with a strong familial cheering section did better at navigating college life and classes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStudents who reported receiving more emotional support from their families were 19 percent more likely to have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, 19 percent more likely to accumulate at least 24 credits during their first year, and 24 percent more likely to finish a second year of college,\u201d according to an Inside Higher Ed<\/em> article<\/a> about the study. \u201cFinancial support from their families was unrelated to all three of those outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Low-income students who cited strong emotional support systems were also more likely to tell researchers they felt like they belonged on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamily support is related to how much kids study, how they engage with faculty, whether or not they belong,\u201d researcher Josipa Roksa told Inside Higher Ed<\/em>. \u201cThose things that we hold dear in higher education as indications of academic and social engagement and that we usually try to address institutionally are actually related to parental support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper is based on results of a survey of 728 first-year students at eight different four-year colleges in Wisconsin. Researchers say the results aren\u2019t necessarily generalizable to all low-income students, but the study does offer some intriguing food for thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general assumption is that because (low-income) families don\u2019t have social\/cultural capital, they can\u2019t contribute as much,\u201d Roksa said. \u201cWe\u2019re saying that\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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