Graduating Class
Disadvantaged Students Crossing the Bridge of Higher Education
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
248 pages
978-0-7914-8183-7 (ISBN)
Description
Students from poor and working-class families struggle to succeed and graduate from an elite university.
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Persons
Latty L. Goodwin is Associate Professor of Educational Development and Director of the First Year Enrichment Program at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Content
Foreword
Preface Water, Water, Everywhere!
1. Introduction Why Should We Care?
Looking for Answers
Who Are These Students?
How Did These Students Succeed?
Will Success in College Pay Off in the "Real World"?
2. Who Are You? The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
Conclusion
3. Living Within the Culture of an Elite University The Sum of Its Parts: How to Describe the College Experience
Climate Issues
Institutional Change
Conclusion
4. Lessons Learned: The Academics of College The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
What Made a Difference
5. "All Work and No Play": The Social Relevance of College All Stressed Out
The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
Conclusion
6. Storming the Bridge: Surviving the Challenges of College Adversity Comes in Big and Small Packages
Persistence: "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!"
Academic Resilience
7. Exit Ahead: The Outcomes of College Outcomes: What Was Acquired?
Reflections of Regret and Hope for the Future
Conclusion
8. Now Which Way? Choosing the Right Road Balancing Acts: Challenges Ahead
The Moon and the Stars: Goals for the Future
Conclusion
9. Conclusion: Closing the Gap Recipe for Success: Making It Happen
Short-Term Outcomes
Implications
Appendix A Suggested Readings
Appendix B Participant Profiles
References
Preface Water, Water, Everywhere!
1. Introduction Why Should We Care?
Looking for Answers
Who Are These Students?
How Did These Students Succeed?
Will Success in College Pay Off in the "Real World"?
2. Who Are You? The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
Conclusion
3. Living Within the Culture of an Elite University The Sum of Its Parts: How to Describe the College Experience
Climate Issues
Institutional Change
Conclusion
4. Lessons Learned: The Academics of College The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
What Made a Difference
5. "All Work and No Play": The Social Relevance of College All Stressed Out
The Pleasers: First-Generation Immigrant Students
The Searchers: Second-Generation Immigrant Students
The Skeptics: Multigenerational Immigrant Students
Conclusion
6. Storming the Bridge: Surviving the Challenges of College Adversity Comes in Big and Small Packages
Persistence: "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!"
Academic Resilience
7. Exit Ahead: The Outcomes of College Outcomes: What Was Acquired?
Reflections of Regret and Hope for the Future
Conclusion
8. Now Which Way? Choosing the Right Road Balancing Acts: Challenges Ahead
The Moon and the Stars: Goals for the Future
Conclusion
9. Conclusion: Closing the Gap Recipe for Success: Making It Happen
Short-Term Outcomes
Implications
Appendix A Suggested Readings
Appendix B Participant Profiles
References
