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Michael N. Castle

They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college.

Michael N. Castle

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Many of these students came from families where no one had attended college before, so the concept of attending was unfamiliar and unfamiliar to them. Choosing to pursue higher education required deliberate thought and was often challenging because it was outside their usual experience.

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