First-Generation College Student Research Studies
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2019
160 pages
978-0-7618-7121-7 (ISBN)
Description
First-Generation College Student Research Studies brings together research from a group of dynamic scholars from a variety of institutions across the United States. This extraordinary edited volume examines the first-generation college student population and analyzes topics such as college choice, social experiences, dual credit on academic success, lifestyles and health status, and professional identity/teaching practices. The empirical studies in this book contribute greatly to the research literature regarding the role that educational leaders have in educating first-generation college students.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Publishing group
University Press of America
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-7121-7 (9780761871217)
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Terence Hicks | Douglas M. Butler | Mondrail Myrick
First-Generation College Student Research Studies
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Persons
Terence Hicks is professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and former dean of the Clemmer College of Education at East Tennessee State University.
Douglas M. Butler is associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University.
Mondrail Myrick is lecturer of economics at the University of North Carolina Pembroke.
Douglas M. Butler is associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University.
Mondrail Myrick is lecturer of economics at the University of North Carolina Pembroke.
Content
- Intro
- First-Generation College Student Research Studies
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures and Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: From "Breaking Away" to Bridging Between Worlds: First-Generation Students' Work to Stay Integrated in Home Communities Miranda Cunningham, Portland State University
- Chapter Two: "I Always Knew I Was Going to Go to College": First-Generation Latinas' College Choice Experiences
- Chapter Three: Healing the Hidden Injuries of Class: Redemption Narratives, Aspirational Proxies, and Parents of Low-Income First Generation College Students
- Chapter Four: College Social Experiences between First-Generation Students and Other Students Enrolled in a STEM Discipline at a Historically Black College and University
- Chapter Five: Examining the Influence of Dual Credit on the Academic Success of First-Generation College Students
- Chapter Six: Assessing Life Styles, Stressors and Health Status Among a Predominantly African American On-Campus and Off-Campus Student Population
- Chapter Seven: Evolving Professional Identity and Teaching Practices of First Generation, African American Preservice Teachers
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Authors
