List Volume 25Number 2 publication date:Dec. 2012 Back First-Generation College Students:A Study of Their College Experiences, Learning Outcomes, and Destination After Graduation     Author:Ruo-Lan Liu & Da-Sen Lin Research Article Download The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between college experiences, learning outcomes and destination after graduation for first-generation and non-fist-generation college students. Survey data from the “higher education database” built by the NTNU Education Research and Assessment Center were used for data analysis. The present study specifically adopted data collected in School Year 2005 on third-year students and the data from tracking students in the senior year and one year after graduation. The college experiences consisted of academic and aspiration, social assets, financial assets, and cultural assets. And the learning outcomes include graduation rating and employability. Results of the study show that, the financial assets and cultural assets of first-generation college students are lower than that of non-first-generation college students and there is no significant difference in social assets between the two groups. First-generation college students who had low educational aspiration, longer work hours, positive peer relationship and career planning capabilities had a higher percentage rate of working full time within one year of graduation. For both first-generation and non-first-generation college students who had higher educational aspiration, more academic involvement, and those who went to cram school and had higher graduation rating also had a higher percentage rate of studying full time after graduation. However, first-generation college students who read a wider range of books had a lower percentage rate of studying full time after graduation. Finally, recommendations for planning effective programs and promoting first-generation students’ learning quality and employment are presented. Keywords: college experiences, destination after graduation, first-generation college students, learning outcomes A Study on Developing Exemplary Science Teachers’ Professional Development Evaluation Indicators and a Weighting System for Taiwanese Science Teachers in Elementary Schools