First in the Family, Your High School Years Advice About College from First-generation Students

If we can do it, so can you! That's the message sent to students in this advice book, written with college students who were the first in their families to go past high school. It's tough to aim for college if other family members have not--so this book offers the kind of encouraging, practical guidance that an older sibling would give. Inspiring stories of the diverse student contributors--who end up at institutions from community colleges to elite universities--combined with warm and well-organized counsel and checklists.Cushman, Kathleen is the author of 'First in the Family, Your High School Years Advice About College from First-generation Students', published 2005 under ISBN 9780976270638 and ISBN 0976270633.