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Ph.D. in English Literature | Department of English | Rice University

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Posted on May 31, 2017 by alexandermcadams

‘I Won’t Give Up’: How First-Generation Students See College

“The emotional side is something that first-generation students have to deal with by themselves because there might not be someone that can understand them.”

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