ISBN:
978-1-64267-060-8
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164267060X
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978-1-64267-061-5
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1642670618
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 348 Seiten :
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Illustrationen.
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
United States
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First-generation college students / United States
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First-generation college students
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Student.
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Soziale Herkunft.
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Bildungsförderung.
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USA.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Student
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Soziale Herkunft
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Bildungsförderung
Abstract:
"The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career"--
Description / Table of Contents:
A review of the data / Robert Longwell-Grice -- Unpacking first-gen discourse : a sociological perspective / Steven P. Dandaneau -- Setting the foundation : understanding the impact of college on first-generation students / Ryan D. Padgett -- Critical conversation one : first-gen or working class? : The politics of terminology / Sherry Lee Linkon -- Background characteristics of first-generation students and their reasons for pursuing higher education / Khanh Bui -- Message received : parental encouragement and its effect on the college-choice process / Michael J. Smith -- Critical conversation two : inheriting inequality : hidden challenges of first-generation students / David Hernández -- The nuances of first-generation college students' social class identity / Sonja Ardoin -- I don't need any help : working with first-generation, low-income, white males / Roxanne Moschetti --
Description / Table of Contents:
Critical conversation three : reflections on being a first-generation, African American male college student / Nate Deans Jr. -- Dual invisibilities : the intersection of first-generation and LGBT identities / Pheng Xiong -- First-generation Latinx students' seeking information at college / Vasti Torres, Lucy LePeau, and Yvonne Garcia -- Critical conversation four : first-generation and undocumented / Ana K. Soltero López -- It's all about the journey exploring the college experience of first-generation women / Nicole Zervas Adsitt -- Crossing bridges : first-generation Native American students at college / Les Riding-In and Scott Amundsen -- Critical conversation five : project males : serving and engaging first-generation students through mentoring and service-learning / Victor B. Sáenz, Emmet Campos, Mike Gutierrez, and Rodrigo Aguayo -- And the research says . . . : Program supports across the spectrum / Robert Longwell-Grice and Mackenzie Hoffman --
Description / Table of Contents:
College preparation through college access and support programs / Staci Weber -- Critical conversation six : it's all a bunch of b.s. : How institutional jargon creates in-groups and out-groups in higher education / Sonja Ardoin -- Supporting transfer for first-generation community college students / Gloria Crisp, Rebecca Robertson, and Elizabeth Cox Brand -- Critical conversation seven : moving on in Milwaukee : easing the college transition process for 2-year college students / Pablo Muirhead -- Learning where they live : first-generation college students in the residence halls / Paul Gallagher -- Critical conversation eight : advice for advisers / Hadyn K. Swecker and Matthew Fifolt -- Career development needs of first-generation college students / Heather Maietta -- Critical conversation nine : they're here. Now, what can we do to keep them? / Katharine Moffat --
Description / Table of Contents:
Admissions isn't access : first-generation college graduates in medical schools / Hyacinth Mason, Jeffrey Winseman, and Erin Ayala -- Critical conversation ten : becoming the architect : first-gen graduate students claiming the label / Adj Marshall -- When first-generation college students become doctoral candidates / Heather Maietta -- Critical conversation eleven : how a college rebuilt itself by centering first-generation college students / Staci Weber -- Epilogue: What's in a name? : narratives and counternarratives of the first-generation moniker / Rashné Jehangir and Kelly Collins
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