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鈥淓ngaging, and informative.鈥濃�擳rinity University
鈥淚t was such a pleasure to have Rachel on campus… she left a positive impact on all she talked with, as well as challenging us to continue to support first gen and continuing gen students in new ways.鈥濃�擩ames Madison University
Rachel Gable is an educational consultant and the Director of Academic Program Authorization at the College of William & Mary. She hold a doctorate in Education from Harvard University and has spent many years in HE administration. To write her book The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities, Rachel conducted more than 100 interviews with first-generation students at Harvard and Georgetown Universities. Her research reveals how the hidden curriculum at legacy universities often catches first generation students off guard, poignantly describing the disorienting encounters on campus that confound them and threaten to derail their success.
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