Clearing the path for first generation college students : qualitative and intersectional studies of educational mobility /

Clearing the path for first generation college students : qualitative and intersectional studies of educational mobility / edited by Ashley C. Rondini, Bedelia Nicola Richards, and Nicolas P. Simon. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : clearing the path : situating first-generation students' experiences in qualitative, intersectional scholarship / Ashley C. Rondini, Bedelia Nicola Richards, and Nicolas P. Simon -- "Cautionary tales" low-income first generation college students, educational mobility, and familial meaning-making processes / Ashley C. Rondini -- Interdependent relationships and family responsibilities : how socioeconomic status and immigrant histories shape second-generation Asian American experiences / Fanny Yeung -- Out with the old, in with the new? habitus and social mobility at selective colleges / Elizabeth M. Lee and Rory Kramer -- Moving between classes : loyalists, renegades, and double agents / Allison L. Hurst -- Seeking out support : looking beyond socioeconomic status to explain academic engagement strategies at an elite college / Anthony Abraham Jack and Véronique Irwin -- Rethinking first-generation college status among undocumented immigrant students / Thomas Piñeros Shields -- First-generation students and their families : examining institutional responsibility during college access and transition / Judy Marquez Kiyama, Casandra E. Harper, and Delma Ramos -- Choosing majors, choosing careers : how gender and class shape students : selection of fields / Ann L. Mullen -- Demystifying influences on persistence for Native American first-generation college students / Natalie Rose Youngbull and Robin Minthorn -- Science posse : the importance of the cohort in normalizing academic challenge / Kim Godsoe -- Toward a local student success model : Latino first-generation college student persistence / Trista Beard.

"This collection explores social processes and meanings germane to the educational mobility of first-generation college students before and during their matriculation into higher education. The contributing scholars examine dynamics, policies, practices, and programs that inform college access and persistence for first generation students"--

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First-generation college students--United States.
People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Étudiants de première génération--États-Unis.
Personnes socialement défavorisées--Enseignement supérieur--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
First-generation college students.
People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)


United States.


Electronic books.

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