First Generation Projects in Higher Education:

Portland State University: "Students First," Professor Peter Collier.
http://www.studentsfirst.pdx.edu/about.php

California State University, Monterey Bay: "Oral History and Community Memory: First in My Family to Go to College" 1998 and 2000, Professor Rina Benmayor.
http://hcom.csumb.edu/courses/HCOM314SL-01/spring98/index.html
http://hcom.csumb.edu/courses/HCOM350-02/

Santa Clara University: "Entering the Ivory Tower: The Life Histories and Experiences of First Generation College Students at Santa Clara University," Professor Laura Nichol.
http://www.scu.edu/cml/firstgen/index.cfm

United States Department of Education Articles (NCES):

"First Generation Students in Postsecondary Education: A Look at their College Transcripts"; NCES: National Center for Education Statistics.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005171

'First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education"; NCES: National Center for Education.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98082

"First-Generation Students In Postsecondary Education"; NCES: National Center for Education.
http://nces.ed.gov/das/epubs/2005171/

"Community College Transfer Rates to 4-Year Institutions Using Alternative Definitions of Transfer"; NCES: National Center for Education Statistics.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/vol_3/3_3/q7-1.asp

"Bridging the Gap: Academic Preparation and Postsecondary Success of First-Generation Students"; NCES: National Center for Education Statistics.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001153

"Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students Whose Parents Did Not Go to College"; NCES: National Center for Education Statistics.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001126

"Mapping the Road to College: First-Generation Students' Math Track, Planning Strategies, and Context of Support"; NCES: National Center for Education Statistics.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/vol_2/2_1/q5-1.asp