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.

Other author Rondini, Ashley C.
Other author Richards, Bedelia Nicola.
Other author Simon, Nicolas P.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books , [2018]
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Contents 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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Clearing the path for first generation college students Lanham, MD : Lexington Books , [2018] 9781498537018
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LCCN 2018016778
ISBN9781498537025 (Electronic)

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