A Fiona Pearson

Back in School

How Student Parents Are Transforming College and Family

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Produktbeschreibung

Fifty years ago, students who were parents were a rarity in college classrooms. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, over a quarter of all undergraduate students were parents. A. Fiona Pearson explores how these student parents navigate cultural norms and institutional resources, forging pathways as parents and students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781978801875
• ISBN-10: 1978801874
• Artikelnr.: 54033174

Autorenporträt

A. FIONA PEARSON is a professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
1 "We're Not Living in the Old School Anymore:" Student Parents on Campus
2 The American Dream?: Expanding Opportunities & The Changing University
3 "I'm Just Looking for Some Kind of Understanding:" Academic Resources and
Campus Culture
4 What Students Want and Why
5 Weaving Existing and New Identities at Home
6 False Promises?: Go to College, Get a Job
7 "It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint:" Final Thoughts
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index