Underrepresented First-Generation, Low-Income College Students’ Pursuit of a Graduate Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin A. Tate ◽  
Nadya A. Fouad ◽  
Laura Reid Marks ◽  
Gary Young ◽  
Eddie Guzman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Low Income College Students

Assessing the Impact of a Graduate School Preparation Program on First-Generation, Low-Income College Students at a Public Liberal Arts University

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Ishiyama ◽  
Valerie M. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Graduate School Preparation ◽  
Mcnair Program ◽  
Low Income College Students ◽  
The Impact

This study assessed the performance of a federal program designed to serve first-generation, low-income (FGLI) college students—the Ronald E. McNair Program. Using data from a midwestern liberal arts university we found that FGLI program participants are far more likely to be retained to the university and successful in terms of timely graduation and placement into graduate school than FGLI non-participants, even when controlling for academic ability and ambition.

Using Photovoice to Bring Career into a New Focus for First-Generation College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashné R. Jehangir ◽  
Arien B. Telles ◽  
Veronica Deenanath
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Development Process ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Low Income College Students

This study examines how first-generation, low-income college students make meaning of their career development process during their first year of college. Photovoice was employed to collect visual data and accompanying narrative texts providing a rich data set created by students during their transition to college. Four findings emerged from this participatory action method where students captured important aspects of their career development process: (a) extrinsic and intrinsic motivators, (b) struggles, (c) agent of change, and (d) envisioning the future. This study deepens our understanding of how the intersection of students’ individual identities, contexts, and motivations can inform praxis and allow them translate their particular assets toward career meaning-making. Systems theory and photovoice together served as useful lenses from which to unpack these identities in this study.

Recognizing the Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-42
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Morton
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Upward Mobility ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Low Income College Students ◽  
The Cost

This chapter describes the ethical costs of upward mobility and presents an argument for why they are different from other costs that strivers face on their path. It argues that understanding the nature of the ethical goods move people well beyond the cost-benefit analysis that might be appropriate when thinking about money, time, or effort. The ethical costs of upward mobility are particular and not easily offset. Consequently, loss is felt keenly by those who succeed even if they ultimately have much to gain from the sacrifices they have made. The chapter emphasizes how people who are concerned with the challenges faced by first-generation and low-income college students often fail to appreciate the significance of the potential ethical costs that strivers encounter in pursuing a better life for themselves.

College Dollars and Sense

2016 ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Jessica D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Low Income ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Planning Tools ◽  
First Generation College ◽  
Tuition Costs

HBCU's were founded to address the needs of low income, first generation college students. However, rising tuition costs, tighter loan restrictions and poor institutional financial aid planning tools are hindering students from matriculating within the HBCU system. Radical solutions such as pre-financial aid debt tracking programs aimed at entering freshman, federal loan modification options, and a pro-active shift of equipping students are needed to adequately address these issues. This chapter will discuss the most prevalent financial aid issues facing HBCU students, as well as present viable debt reduction solutions.

Exploring the campus experiences of underrepresented low-income college students through emotion mapping

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eleni Oikonomidoy ◽  
Adrienne L. Edwards ◽  
Matthew Aguirre ◽  
Maria Sandra Jimenez ◽  
Joseph Lykes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income College Students ◽  
Campus Experiences

Peer mentoring to support first-generation low-income college students

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Plaskett ◽  
Diksha Bali ◽  
Michael J. Nakkula ◽  
John Harris
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Peer Mentors ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Low Income College Students

Transitioning from high school to college can be a formidable challenge, especially for students who are the first in their family to attend college (first-generation) and/or are from low-income backgrounds. The authors’ qualitative investigation of a college mentoring program illuminates the potential value of relatable peer mentors in helping these students get off to a good start.

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