How First Generation Students Navigate Higher Education Through an - Embrace of Their Multiple Identitie

This book explores how first-generation college students navigate the culture of higher education and argues that institutions should factor the experiences of first-generation students into the process of revitalizing their mission. This resource will appeal to scholars, researchers, and upper-level students interested in higher education.

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Strengths and Assets of First-Generation Students: Our Future Path Forward 2. Negotiating the First-Generation Student Identity in Higher Education 3. The First-Gen Experience and Institutional Identity 4. Devising Educational Interventions to Support First-Generation Students' Learning Experiences in Their Business Education in the United States 5. "I don't have to hate you yet": Intersecting Identities of Mixed-Race Experience and Low-Income Backgrounds 6. Research, Practice, and Intersectionality: Reflexive Insights on Working with and for First-Generation Students 7. Rethinking First-Generation Student Engagement in the Higher Education Experience 8. Rethinking Social Mobility: Why We Don't Talk About It But Need To! 9. Stories from First-Generation Students and Their Experiences with Student Services

About the author

SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, and affiliate faculty of Ethnic Studies at the University of Portland, USA
and
Matt Daily is Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Idaho State University, USA.
Layla Garrigues is Associate Professor of the School of Nursing and Health Innovations at the University of Portland, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Simonmary (University of Portland Asese Aihiokhai
• Assisted by: SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai (Editor), Matt Daily (Editor), Layla Garrigues (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032958514
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295851-4
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Rethinking Higher Education Through the Strengths and Insights of First-Generation College Students
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Administration / Higher, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher