Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

Autor:	Patricia Tita Feraud-King, Koboul E. Mansour, Miguel M. Tejada, Genia M. Bettencourt, Ezekiel Kimball, Kat J. Stephens, Mujtaba Hedayet
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	0504 sociology 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Identity (social science) Meaning (existential) Sociology Social class 0503 education Focus group First generation Education Epistemology
Zdroj:	Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. 24:271-289
ISSN:	1541-4167 1521-0251
Popis:	Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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