What are the unique challenges faced by first-generation college students from diverse backgrounds?

• Introduction (1-2 pages).
• Provide
  an introduction on your topic and explain why it is significant for
  research in postsecondary education.
• You
  should also have a research question that you want to address.
• Literature Review (4-6 pages).
• Update your draft. Incorporate feedback.
• Identify and describe the population and
  the unmet or underserved need.
• Provide historical context about your
  population and their unmet or underserved need in postsecondary
  education. How has your topic been studied?
• Demonstrate the population’s unmet or
  underserved need using existing data from scholarly journals, reports, or
  institutional data collections.
• Theoretical Framework, Conceptual
  Framework, or Education Model (1-2 pages)
• Update
  your draft.
• Pick a
  theory, conceptual framework, or educational model we have covered in
  class to analyze your findings.
• Identify
  and define a theory.
• Apply
  it to your paper and analysis
• Analysis (8-10 pages)
• Incorporate
  your updated draft.
• Method
  or methodology of assessment. How are you framing and guiding your assessment?
• Limitations:
  1-paragraph
• Identify
  and describe prior and/or current efforts to meet this unmet or
  underserved need
• Utilize
  your theory for analysis
• What is
  your assessment or analysis? What’s going well? What are areas of growth
  and improvement?
• Conclusion (1/2 page to 1 page)
• Offer
  recommendations for moving forward to best meet your chosen population’s
  unmet or underserved needs.
• Offer
  recommendations for future studies or research on this topic.

Paper Submission Requirements

At
least fifteen (15) scholarly references for the entire paper