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Defines first-generation status using parental educational attainment across the Maine Community College System, University of Maine System, and Maine Maritime Academy. Provides enrollment figures by first-generation criteria from Fall 2016 to Fall 2022, including trends for associate- and bachelor-degree benchmarks, and summarizes strategies to increase enrollment and graduation. 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This law requires the Maine Community College System (MCCS), University of Maine System (UMS), and Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) to provide the following information about first-generation college students by January 15th of each year:  \nA. Data regarding enrollment of first-generation college students and educational outcomes, including graduation rates for first-generation college students compared with other college students; and  \nB. A summary of strategies used, and activities undertaken to increase enrollment and graduation rates of first-generation college students and any available data indicating the effect of those strategies and activities; and  \nC. Plans for or recommendations regarding new strategies or actions designed toincrease enrollment and graduation rates of first-generation college students.  \nTo meet the requirements of the legislation, MCCS worked with the University of Maine System and Maine Maritime Academy to coordinate data collection and reporting to promote a common framework for determining enrollment and educational outcomes of first-generation college students. Additionally, the three institutions agreed that for the purpose of this report, we would define a first-generation student as one with neither parent having completed a college degree. Each institution determined the level of college completion appropriate to its mission.  \nFor MCCS, a student is first-generation if neither parent has earned an associate degree. For UMSand MMA, a student is first-generation if neither parent has earned a bachelor’s degree. For consistency, we are also providing data on MCCS students with neither parent having earned a bachelor’s degree.  \nThe three institutions agreed that questions on applications for admission related to parents’ highest level of education should provide students the opportunity to be specific about the degree completed by each parent. Since previously this information had not been consistently requested or collected by MCCS, our colleges revised their applications for new students entering in the fall of 2014.  \nEnrollment by first-generation college status  \nCommunity colleges serve more first-generation students than any other sector of U.S. higher education. According to a 2018 study by the National Center for Education Statistics, slightly more than half of all first-generation college students attend a community college.1  \nAlthough approximately one-quarter of students entering two-and four-year colleges in the United States each year are first-generation (as defined by parental attainment of a post-secondary education experience), that figure is nearly twice as high at Maine’s community colleges where 57% of entering students meet this definition of first generation.  \nThe percentage of entering MCCS students who are first-generation has declined in the years since we began tracking this data in Fall 2014. The following table provides an overview of Systemwide data from Fall 2016 to Fall 2022. This decline is consistent with national data.  \n\n| MCCS Entering Students | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Neither parent has an associate degree | 47% | 46% | 46% | 44% | 42% | 41% | 40% |\n| Neither parent has a bachelor’s degree | 65% | 65% | 64% | 62% | 58% | 58% | 57% |\n\nAs the percent of Americans with a college degree increases, the share of children who are first-generation college continues to shrink. For context, according to the US Census, the percentage of Maine residents aged 25 and over with an","cbCaicnV2fMGFa9I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicnV2fMGFa9I","pdf",474459,"English","# First-Generation Reporting Requirement\n## Annual Information Requested\n# Common Definition and Data Collection Framework\n## Parental Educational Attainment Criteria\n## Application and Data Collection Revisions\n# Enrollment by First-Generation College Status\n## Systemwide Trends (Fall 2016–Fall 2022)\n## Context from National and Census Data\n# Student Outcomes\n## Three-Year Outcomes (150% Time)\n## COVID-19 Impact on Persistence and Completion","[{\"question\":\"How is a first-generation college student defined in this report?\",\"answer\":\"For this reporting, a first-generation student is defined as one with neither parent having completed a college degree. 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