Against the Professorial Odds: Barriers as Building Blocks for Educational Advancement
Autor: | Debby Shulsky, Sheila F. Baker, Denise McDonald |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Medical education
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Cultural capital Bachelor First generation Educational attainment Education Odds Baby boomers Ethnography 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology 0503 education Socioeconomic status media_common |
Zdroj: | Journal of Advanced Academics. 32:92-131 |
ISSN: | 2162-9536 1932-202X |
DOI: | 10.1177/1932202x20966569 |
Popis: | This article describes three female professors’ experiences to attain degrees (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate) as first-generation college students (FGCS) and become academics. Their individual stories are shared through narratives, which capture crucial episodes of overcoming challenges. Because completion of a terminal degree by FGCS (of the Baby Boomer generation) is statistically low, these professors are outliers to the norm. Discussion identifies factors that aided the educators in their educational advancement. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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