Characteristics and Counseling Needs of Prospective First-Generation College Students: Implications for School Counseling

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110504
Author(s):  
Byeolbee Um
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Career Preparation ◽  
Academic Planning ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
First Generation College ◽  
Counseling Needs

This study examined the personal characteristics and counseling needs of high school seniors who were strongly committed to attending a 4-year university. The results of this comparison study revealed that prospective first-generation college students reported lower perceived academic ability and a higher need for counseling in academic planning and career preparation than prospective continuing-generation college students. Subsequent analysis for the first-generation group by race revealed significant group differences in the perceptions and needs of school counseling.

scholarly journals Fostering Culture Change In An Undergraduate Business Program: Nudging Students Towards Greater Involvement In Extra-Curricular Activities

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
Market Research ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Research Study ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Career Preparation ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
Business Program ◽  
First Generation College

A report on a successfully implemented program to increase student participation in extra-curricular activities in an undergraduate business program with a high percentage of first-generation college students. A market-research study offered insight as to why students were not participating before the program was launched. Greater participation in extra-curricular activities was used as a means to provide valuable career preparation and to develop professional habits. Participation was encouraged with very small rewards tied to existing courses, consistent with the nudging mechanism of behavioral economics.

First-Generation College Students: Predicting Stress and Career Outcome Expectation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Wen W. Ma ◽  
Munyi Shea ◽  
Treah Caldwell ◽  
Login George ◽  
Tania Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Outcome Expectation ◽  
First Generation College

A Longitudinal Investigation of First-Generation College Students’ Mentoring Relationships During Their Transition to Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 152102512110227
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Hagler ◽  
Kirsten M. Christensen ◽  
Jean E. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Membership ◽  
Longitudinal Investigation ◽  
First Generation College

Non-parent mentoring relationships are important protective factors for first-generation college students. Previous research has focused on singular mentoring relationships measured at one time point, failing to capture the breadth and dynamic nature of social networks. The current study is a longitudinal investigation of first-generation students’ mentoring networks during their transition to college at a four-year, predominantly minority-serving commuter university. At the beginning and end of their first year, students (N = 176) responded to online surveys on their mentoring relationship(s), attitudes toward help-seeking, and college experiences. Cumulative support from pre-college mentoring relationships retained across the first year was positively associated with self-efficacy. Support from newly acquired mentoring relationships was positively associated with psychological sense of school membership. Network orientation was positively associated with self-efficacy and sense of school membership. These findings highlight the importance of diverse mentoring networks and demonstrate the utility of collecting longitudinal data on multiple mentoring relationships.

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