Is It Hard for First Generation Students to Finish College?

Only twenty one per cent of low income first generation students who enroll in college actually finish, compared to about fifty seven per cent of other students. For someone grows up in concentrated poverty, accessinga the kind of educational, in career opportunities that would propel them into the middle class requires leaving their community. So i think one of my goals in writing this book was to help us understand how some one could be in a situation where potentially they have this opportunity for upward mobility, and they end i'm not taking it because they find that the sacrifices are too much....