What's in a name? : narratives and counternarratives of the first-generation moniker / Rashné Jehangir and Kelly Collins. Unpacking first-gen discourse : a sociological perspective / Steven P. Dandaneau -- Setting the foundation : understanding the impact of college on first-generation students / Ryan D. Padgett -- Critical conversation one : first-gen or working class? : The politics of terminology / Sherry Lee Linkon -- Background characteristics of first-generation students and their reasons for pursuing higher education / Khanh Bui -- Message received : parental encouragement and its effect on the college-choice process / Michael J. Smith -- Critical conversation two : inheriting inequality : hidden challenges of first-generation students / David Hernández -- The nuances of first-generation college students' social class identity / Sonja Ardoin -- I don't need any help : working with first-generation, low-income, white males / Roxanne Moschetti -- Critical conversation three : reflections on being a first-generation, African American male college student / Nate Deans Jr. -- Dual invisibilities : the intersection of first-generation and LGBTQ identities / Pheng Xiong -- First-generation Latinx students' information seeking at college / Vasti Torres, Lucy LePeau, and Yvonne Garcia -- Critical conversation four : first-generation and undocumented / Ana K. Soltero López -- It's all about the journey: exploring the college experience of first-generation women / Nicole Zervas Adsitt -- Crossing bridges : first-generation Native American students at college / Les Riding-In and Scott Amundsen -- Critical conversation five : project males : serving and engaging first-generation students through mentoring and service-learning / Victor B. Sáenz, Emmet Campos, Mike Gutierrez, and Rodrigo Aguayo -- And the research says . . . : Program supports across the spectrum / Robert Longwell-Grice and Mackenzie Hoffman -- College preparation through college access and support programs / Staci Weber -- Critical conversation six : it's all a bunch of b.s. : How institutional jargon creates in-groups and out-groups in higher education / Sonja Ardoin -- Supporting transfer for first-generation community college students / Gloria Crisp, Rebecca Robertson, and Elizabeth Cox Brand -- Critical conversation seven : moving on in Milwaukee : easing the college transition process for 2-year college students / Pablo Muirhead -- Learning where they live : first-generation college students in the residence halls / Paul Gallagher -- Critical conversation eight : advice for advisers / Hadyn K. Swecker and Matthew Fifolt -- Career development needs of first-generation college students / Heather Maietta -- Critical conversation nine : they're here. Now, what can we do to keep them? / Katharine Moffat -- Admissions isn't access : first-generation college graduates in medical schools / Hyacinth Mason, Jeffrey Winseman, and Erin Ayala -- Critical conversation ten : becoming the architect : first-gen graduate students claiming the label / Adj Marshall -- When first-generation college students become doctoral candidates / Heather Maietta -- Critical conversation eleven : how a college rebuilt itself by centering first-generation college students / Staci Weber -- Epilogue. What's in a name? : narratives and counternarratives of the first-generation moniker / Rashné Jehangir and Kelly Collins.
Summary:
"The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career"-- Provided by publisher.
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