05472nam 22007333u 450 991046111790332120210114013604.01-57922-525-X(CKB)2670000000180648(EBL)911903(OCoLC)646816213(SSID)ssj0000417794(PQKBManifestationID)12129635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417794(PQKBWorkID)10369639(PQKB)10683089(MiAaPQ)EBC911903(EXLCZ)99267000000018064820130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe First Generation Student Experience[electronic resource] Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and SuccessSterling Stylus Publishing20101 online resource (241 p.)An ACPA PublicationDescription based upon print version of record.1-57922-369-9 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 CollegePrecollege 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 IdentityEngagement 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 HunterNarrative 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 7Section 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; ZGiven 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 concAn ACPA PublicationAcademic achievement -- United StatesEDUCATION -- HigherFirst-generation college students -- United StatesFirst-generation college studentsUnited StatesAcademic achievementUnited StatesEducation, Special TopicsHILCCEducationHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCElectronic books.Academic achievement -- United States.EDUCATION -- Higher.First-generation college students -- United States.First-generation college studentsAcademic achievementEducation, Special TopicsEducationSocial Sciences378.1378.1982Davis Jeff1959 June 5-944170AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910461117903321The First Generation Student Experience2131198UNINA