LEADER 05472nam 22007333u 450 001 9910461117903321 005 20210114013604.0 010 $a1-57922-525-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000180648 035 $a(EBL)911903 035 $a(OCoLC)646816213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000417794 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12129635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417794 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10369639 035 $a(PQKB)10683089 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC911903 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000180648 100 $a20130418d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe First Generation Student Experience$b[electronic resource] $eImplications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success 210 $aSterling $cStylus Publishing$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aAn ACPA Publication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57922-369-9 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aPrecollege 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 327 $aEngagement 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 327 $aNarrative 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 7 327 $aSection 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 330 $aGiven that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures. First-person narratives by first-generation students help the reader get to grips with the variety of ethnic and economic categories to which they belong. The book conc 410 3$aAn ACPA Publication 606 $aAcademic achievement -- United States 606 $aEDUCATION -- Higher 606 $aFirst-generation college students -- United States 606 $aFirst-generation college students$zUnited States 606 $aAcademic achievement$zUnited States 606 $aEducation, Special Topics$2HILCC 606 $aEducation$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAcademic achievement -- United States. 615 4$aEDUCATION -- Higher. 615 4$aFirst-generation college students -- United States. 615 0$aFirst-generation college students 615 0$aAcademic achievement 615 7$aEducation, Special Topics 615 7$aEducation 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a378.1 676 $a378.1982 700 $aDavis$b Jeff$f1959 June 5-$0944170 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461117903321 996 $aThe First Generation Student Experience$92131198 997 $aUNINA