Abstract
The research examines Coalinga Huron House (CHH), a program that operated between 1986 and 2012 and funneled dozens of first-generation students, many of them immigrants, into top colleges and universities in California and across the country. I show how and why CHH succeeded as an organization in creating a college-going culture that was sustained by multiple cohorts of students (as well as parents and educators) in the rural California communities where it operated. I also demonstrate how successfully transitioning low-income first-generation students from rural communities into college propels wider cycles of individual achievement and civic engagement.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Organizations, First Generation College Students, Rural Communities, Higher Education
