2023-05-012023-05-012021-08-09Catherine M. Pressimone Beckowski & Jake D. Winfield (2021) Toward a Culture of First-Generation Student Success: An Analysis of Mission Statements From First-gen Forward Institutions, Journal of First-generation Student Success, 1:2, 73-91, DOI: 10.1080/26906015.2021.19302912690-6023http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/8381http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/8414Institutions of higher education continue to seek ways to engage first-generation students. This content analysis of the 157 mission statements of First-gen Forward Institutions explores how the articulation of institutional priorities can signal or promote a success-oriented culture and inform campus-wide approaches to first-generation student success. We identify four predominant themes--student learning experiences; community-serving; diversity and inclusion; and access and affordability--that may help guide unified, mission-centric efforts to develop resources and opportunities that resist deficit-based assumptions about first-generation students and that reflect an institutional commitment to student success.36 pagesengAll Rights ReservedFirst-generation college studentsOrganizational cultureInclusionMission statementsContent analysisText