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Is first-gen an identity? How first-generation college students make meaning of institutional and familial constructs of self

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dc.contributor.authorBettencourt, Genia
dc.contributor.authorMansour, Koboul E.
dc.contributor.authorHedayet, Mujtaba
dc.contributor.authorFeraud-King, Patricia Tita
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Kat J.
dc.contributor.authorTejada, Miguel M.
dc.contributor.authorKimball, Ezekiel
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-24T02:41:29.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T08:53:35Z
dc.date.available2020-03-29T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-01
dc.description.abstractInstitutions 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 a social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include re-examining 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.
dc.description.pages1-28
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1521025120913302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/5490
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=cfssr_publishedwork&unstamped=1
dc.rightsUMass Amherst Open Access Policy
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectHigher Education
dc.titleIs first-gen an identity? How first-generation college students make meaning of institutional and familial constructs of self
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digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:gbettenc@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Bettencourt, Genia
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:kemansour@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Mansour, Koboul E.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:mheyadet@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Hedayet, Mujtaba
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:pferaud@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Feraud-King, Patricia Tita
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:kjstephens@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Stephens, Kat J.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:mmtejada@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Tejada, Miguel M.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:ekimball@educ.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Kimball, Ezekiel
digcom.date.embargo2020-03-29T00:00:00-07:00
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