Geographies of Campus Inequality: Mapping the Diverse Experiences of First-Generation Students

Geographies of Campus Inequality: Mapping the Diverse Experiences of First-Generation Students
ISBN-10
0190848154
ISBN-13
9780190848156
Category
College environment
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2020-08-14
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Authors
Janel E. Benson, Elizabeth M. Lee

Description

"Sociological research on the experience of first-generation college students has expanded significantly in the last decade, providing broad-ranging data about the ways that these students enter college settings and their comparative progress toward graduation. However, we still know little about differences among first-gen students. In this book, we problematize the notion that there is only way to be a first generation student, and we consider the implications that different routes into and through college have for post-college mobility. Drawing on interviews with 64 college students at one highly selective campus and national longitudinal survey data from 28 campuses, we found that rather than developing a sense of belonging on campus at large, first-generation students were located in one of four different smaller multi-dimensional niches, what we refer to as campus geographies"--

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