Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students (eBook)

Ashley C. Rondini is assistant professor of sociology at Franklin and Marshall College.Bedelia Nicola Richards is associate professor of sociology at the University of Richmond. Nicolas P. Simon is assistant professor of sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Introduction: Clearing the Path: Situating First-Generation Students’ Experiences in Qualitative, Intersectional ScholarshipAshley C. Rondini, Bedelia Nicola Richards, and Nicolas P. Simon1. “Cautionary Tales”: Low-Income First Generation College Students, Educational Mobility, and Familial Meaning-Making ProcessesAshley C. Rondini 2. Interdependent Relationships and Family Responsibilities: How Socioeconomic Status and Immigrant Histories Shape Second-Generation Asian American Experiences Fanny Yeung3. Out With the Old, In With the New? Habitus and Social Mobility at Selective CollegesElizabeth M. Lee and Rory Kramer4. Moving Between Classes: Loyalists, Renegades, and Double AgentsAllison L. Hurst5. Seeking Out Support: Looking Beyond Socioeconomic Status to Explain Academic Engagement Strategies at an Elite CollegeAnthony Abraham Jack and Véronique Irwin6. Rethinking First-Generation College Status among Undocumented Immigrant StudentsThomas Piñeros Shields7. First-generation Students and their Families: Examining Institutional Responsibility during College Access and TransitionJudy Marquez Kiyama, Casandra E. Harper, and Delma Ramos8. Choosing Majors, Choosing Careers: How Gender and Class Shape Students’ Selection of FieldsAnn L. Mullen9. Demystifying Influences on Persistence for Native American First-Generation College StudentsNatalie Rose Youngbull and Robin Minthorn10. Science Posse: The Importance of the Cohort in Normalizing Academic ChallengeKim Godsoe11. Toward a Local Student Success Model: Latino First-Generation College Student Persistence Trista BeardAfterwordJenny Stuber