Rigorous Generation Jacks summer academy prepares incoming first-generation students for college

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Leaders of the 2016 Generation Jacks Summer Leadership Academy speak with first-generation students Wednesday who are participating in the weeklong crash course on all things college. Data shows both overall retention rates and GPAs of participating first-generation students have improved since the GenJacks program was created by Stephen F. Austin State University faculty members in 2014.


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