1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962024203321

Autore

Douglas Mary <1921-2007., >

Titolo

Peoples of the Lake Nyasa region / / Mary Tew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-38988-6

1-315-38986-X

1-315-38987-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ethnographic Survey of Africa ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

572.96785

Soggetti

Ethnology - Malawi

Nyasa, Lake

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1950 for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I. Region of Mozambique -- II. South-west Nyasa-Zambezia : Maravi Peoples (Nyanja, Cewa, Nsenga) -- III. North-west Nyasa-Lundazi region : Tumbuka and Lake Shore Tonga -- IV. North Nyasa region : Ngonde, Nyakyusa, Kinga -- V. Ngoni peoples, scattered in small groups in areas occupied by the above.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, originally published in 1950, discusses the tribes around Lake Nyasa. The rationale for treating the tribes here as members of a single ethnographic province is that the region whose literature has been surveyed is vast, and the ethnic distinctions between its inhabitants have been confused by raids and migrations over centuries.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956957703321

Autore

Davis Jeff <1959 June 5->

Titolo

The First Generation Student Experience : Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, : Stylus Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-00-344780-5

1-000-97567-3

1-57922-525-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

An ACPA Publication

Disciplina

378.1

378.1982

Soggetti

Academic achievement -- United States

EDUCATION -- Higher

First-generation college students -- United States

First-generation college students - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Education, Special Topics

Education

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 HOW MANY FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE THERE?; Definitions; Counting First-Generation College Students; How Institutions Can Count Students; What the Data Show; First-Generation Student Status as a Proxy for Ethnicity; Counting the Institutions That Will Be Counting First-Generation Students; Now Is the Time for Action; Sonoma State University; Notes; 2 THE OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS; Learning the Culture of College; First-Generation Status Is Not the Same as Low-Income Status; Section One: Learning at College

Precollege PreparationBeing Underprepared at College; Learning How to Study; Different Way of Learning; New Way of Perceiving the World;



Learning About Majors; Section Two: Campus Presence; The Imposter Phenomenon; Differences in the Classroom; Alternative Ways of Support; Validating the Presence of First-Generation Students; 3 THE INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGY OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS; Section One: An Extended Campus Acclimation Process; The Existential Question About College Attendance; The Existential Question and Low-Income Status; Developing a College-Student Identity

Engagement With Physical SpaceCampus Size; Blending In; Section Two: The Importance and Impact of Personal Relationships; Family Relationships; Family Mythologies About College; Faculty Relationships; Nonfaculty Professional Relationships; Peer Relationships and Role Models; 4 IN THEIR OWN WORDS; Narrative One: Rosa Avila; Narrative Two: Crystal Halverson; Narrative Three: Calvin Knight; Narrative Four: Maria Bravos; Narrative Five: Erica Camacho; Narrative Six: Jessica Gomez; Narrative Seven: Jeff Peterson; Narrative Eight: Anna Gutierrez; Narrative Nine: John Hunter

Narrative Ten: Natalie JimenezNarrative Eleven: Carlos Sosa; Narrative Twelve: Yolanda Ortiz; Narrative Thirteen: Elizabeth Ordaz; Narrative Fourteen: Phillip Hammer; 5 NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; Narratives One-Three: Avila, Halverson, and Knight; Narratives Four-Seven: Bravos, Camacho, Gomez, and Peterson; Narratives Eight-Eleven: Gutierrez, Hunter, Jimenez, and Sosa; Narratives Twelve-Fourteen: Ortiz, Ordaz, and Hammer; 6 RECOMMENDATIONS; Section One: Learning at College; Issue 1; Issue 2; Issue 3; Issue 4; Section Two: Campus Presence; Issue 5; Issue 6; Issue 7

Section Three: An Extended Campus Acclimation ProcessIssue 8; Issue 9; Issue 10; Issue 11; Section Four: The Importance and Impact of Personal Relationships; Issue 12; Issue 13; Issue 14; Conclusion; References; About the Author; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Given that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures. First-person narratives by first-generation students help the reader get to grips with the variety of ethnic and economic categories to which they belong. The book conc