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Beyond social mobility, college students value giving back to society

  • Written by Marcela G. Cuellar, Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership, University of California, Davis
imageFirst-generation college students say higher education is a way for them to improve their families' lives, and their own.Hispanolistic/E+ via Getty Images

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