Case Study: Self-Efficacy in First Generation College Students

Daniela was a top performing high school student, accepted to some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. When she matriculated at Tufts she immediately felt the academic gap that many first generation and low-income college students experience when entering a predominantly white institution. Daniela sought support from the FIRST Resource Center which is designed to ensure these high potential students have the same supports and resources as their peers from other communities and backgrounds.

Jared Smith, Director of the BLAST program and FIRST Resource Center at Tufts encourages all students to take the MindPrint assessment. "It's an opportunity for our students to develop the learner agency they need to take on the inevitable challenges everyone faces at a prestigious university like Tufts. MindPrint enables them to work through challenges so they learn how to be successful at Tufts and beyond. MindPrint shows them how to help themselves."

Daniela graduated from Tufts in May 2021. She is now the Assistant Director of Post-Secondary Pathways at Youth Development Organization in Lawrence, MA. She wants all of her students at Abbott Lawrence Academy to have MindPrint and experience the same life-changing opportunity.