Acknowledgments
Thank you to Dr. Rashné Jehangir and Michelle Rossi for their thoughtful suggestions to this introduction.
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Notes
1. The number of FGS could be larger depending on how the population is defined. Toutkoushian et al. (Citation2018) suggested the number of FGS could be as high as 77%.
2. Large states, in terms of size and population, are not the only ones experiencing significant increases in the FGS. According to Hamilton (Citation2023), Idaho (~22), Delaware (~39%), and Rhode Island (~57%) have the largest increases in FGS student growth.
3. 2023 Fall enrollment data were not fully available when the introduction was submitted for publication.