Parents who have not had opportunities to attend college themselves have neither experience with the process of college preparation and college going nor sufficient access to needed information.This article describes a collaborative venture between a university department of education and a cluster of local schools designed to help parents of first-generation students become active participants in their children’s college preparation and planning, shedding light on the importance of parental involvement in the college-going process.
Padres que no han tenido oportunidad de ir a la universidad no tienen experiencia con el proceso de preparación, con la asistencia a la universidad, ni con el acceso a información necesaria. Este artículo describe la colaboración entre el departamento de educación en una universidad y un grupo de escuelas locales designadas a ayudar a padres de estudiantes universitarios de primera generación a participar activamente en la preparación y planeación universitaria de sus hijos; ésta iluminó la importancia de la involucración paternal en el proceso universitario.
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