The Daily Circuit program on Minnesota Public Radio News is addressing first-generation college students and the difficulties that may lie ahead for those being the first in their families to attend a four-year institution. Lack of familial support, money, and guidance are examples of the hurdles these students need to overcome.
Associate Professor of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, Rashne Jehangir will be on the program discussing her book, “Higher Education and First Generation Students: Cultivating Community, Voice and Place for the New Majority.” Jehangir’s research is primarily focused on retention and graduation of low-income, first-generation students and the transformation of teaching and learning to address intellectual, social, emotional, and student development.
When the First in a Family Goes to College will air December 5, 2013 on MPR News 91.1 at 11:06 AM.