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1、IRFirstGenerationIndicatorLastUpdate4/3/2012OverviewInearlyJune,2007,theIndianaCommissiononHigherEducation(ICHE)releasedareportchargingIndiana’shighereducationcommunitywithincreasingaccesstohighereducation,includingforfirst-generationstudents,inordertoincreasetheeducationallevelandjobpro
2、spectsofHoosiers.IndianaCommissiononHigherEducation,ReachingHigher:StrategicDirectionsforHigherEducationinIndiana,June8,2007,pp.5-6,17(http://www.che.state.in.us/PDF%20Files/Strategic%20Directions%20final%2006-08-2007.pdf).Nationalreportssuggestthatstudentswhoarethefirstintheirfamiliesto
3、attendcollegetendtobemoreacademicallyandfinanciallychallengedthanthegeneralfreshmanpopulation,andtheytendtobelesslikelytocompletetheirdegrees.SeeforexamplepageivofOfficeofEducationalResearchandImprovement.1998.First-generationstudents:undergraduateswhoseparentsneverenrolledinpostsecondar
4、yeducation.StatisticalAnalysisReport,U.S.DepartmentofEducation,NCES98-082.Foramorerecentreport,seeSaenz,Victor,et.al.2007.FirstinMyFamily:AProfileofFirst-GenerationCollegeStudentsatFour-YearInstitutionsSince1971.HigherEducationResearchInstitute(UCLA).Asaresult,UniversityInstitutionalRese
5、archandReporting(UIRR)hasbeguntoreportontheeducationalattainmentoffirst-generationstudentswhoapplytoIndianaUniversity.Toidentifythispopulation,UIRRusestheindicatorsavailablefromtheIUundergraduateadmissione-applicationandtheFreeApplicationforFederalStudentAid(FAFSA).TheFAFSAasksstudentsto
6、indicatethehighesteducationallevelcompletedbytheirfatherandmother.TheIUadmissione-applicationasksapplicantstoindicateiftheirparent(s)haveattendedcollege,andifso,whatwasthehighestdegreeleveltheycompleted.LogicBehindtheIRFirstGenerationIndicatorUIRRhascreatedareportingflagintheIUDataWareho
7、usetoidentifyfirst-generationstudents.Herearethe2caseswheretheIRFirstGenerationIndicatorwouldflagstudentsasfirst-generation:1.HighestlevelcompletedbyeitherparentpertheFAFSA=middleschoolorhighschool2.Or,noconclusiveFAFSAinformationexistsforthestudent,andthestudent’sanswert
