Laura Nichols

The Journey Before Us

First-Generation Pathways from Middle School to College

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Produktbeschreibung

Why is college completion so closely linked to social class? In The Journey Before Us, Laura Nichols looks at the experiences of aspiring first-generation college students from middle-school to young adulthood and shows what must change in order to improve college pathways and graduate more students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781978805637
• ISBN-10: 1978805632
• Artikelnr.: 56719726

Autorenporträt

Laura Nichols is an associate professor of sociology at Santa Clara University in California. She is the co-editor of Undocumented and In College: Students and Institutions in a Climate of National Hostility. 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction : "trying to do school"
Paths diverged : student outcomes by college generational status
Being a transitional generation and navigating schools
Middle and high school transitions and experiences on the path to college
College transitions : five paths post high school
Smoothing pathways from middle school to college
The journey before us : first-generation college students and college
completion