First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education
eBook - ePub

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Counterstories

  1. 166 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Counterstories

About this book

In First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education: Counterstories, we meet eight students who attended university through an access program, and hear their stories of deciding to enter university, navigating and negotiating the institution, and bringing their university experiences with them into adult life. Their "counterstories"ā€”drawn from application statements, weekly group meetings, diary entries, group conversations, interviews, and media reportsā€”challenge the stereotypes commonly applied to marginalized students in higher education. Chapters offer insights into a range of salient themes and highlight the students' strategies, challenges, successes, and trajectories, as well as their nuanced relationships with their networks, communities, families, and significant others. With this volume, James and Taylor present a valuable resource for educators, administrators, scholars, students and community agencies interested in extending understandings of first-generation university students.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781000728347
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Endorsements Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication Page
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 Marginalized Youth in Postsecondary Institutional Contexts
  11. 2 Kofi: ā€œEducation Will Get You to the Stationā€: The Possibilities of Merit in University Education
  12. 3 Tristana: ā€œEducation Is a Way to Fight Oppressionā€: Giving Back to the Community
  13. 4 Laura: ā€œI Am Determined to Make Other Choices for My Lifeā€: Education as a Path to Upward Social Mobility
  14. 5 Sam: ā€œIf I'm Portuguese, I Can't Be Gayā€: Negotiating Identity in a University Space
  15. 6 Jasmine: ā€œI Am Determined to Break Away from My Antiquated Traditionā€: Education as Survival
  16. 7 Amy: ā€œI Don't Need to Be Held Down by the Shackles of My Miseryā€: Balancing Stigma, Pride, and Expectations
  17. 8 Ewart: ā€œI Really Wasn't Readyā€: Expectations and Dilemmas in Navigating University
  18. 9 Jafari: ā€œI Felt Alone and Out of Placeā€: The Experiences and Ambition of a ā€œNon-Canadianā€
  19. Conclusion: Reimagining Postsecondary Education
  20. References
  21. Index