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Ashley C. Rondini is assistant professor of sociology at Franklin and Marshall College.
Bedelia Nicola Richards is associate professor of sociology at the University of Richmond.
Nicolas P. Simon is assistant professor of sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Introduction: Clearing the Path: Situating First-Generation Students’ Experiences in Qualitative, Intersectional Scholarship
Ashley C. Rondini, Bedelia Nicola Richards, and Nicolas P. Simon
1. “Cautionary Tales”: Low-Income First Generation College Students, Educational Mobility, and Familial Meaning-Making Processes
Ashley C. Rondini
2. Interdependent Relationships and Family Responsibilities: How Socioeconomic Status and Immigrant Histories Shape Second-Generation Asian American Experiences
Fanny Yeung
3. Out With the Old, In With the New? Habitus and Social Mobility at Selective Colleges
Elizabeth M. Lee and Rory Kramer
4. Moving Between Classes: Loyalists, Renegades, and Double Agents
Allison L. Hurst
5. Seeking Out Support: Looking Beyond Socioeconomic Status to Explain Academic Engagement Strategies at an Elite College
Anthony Abraham Jack and Véronique Irwin
6. Rethinking First-Generation College Status among Undocumented Immigrant Students
Thomas Piñeros Shields
7. First-generation Students and their Families: Examining Institutional Responsibility during College Access and Transition
Judy Marquez Kiyama, Casandra E. Harper, and Delma Ramos
8. Choosing Majors, Choosing Careers: How Gender and Class Shape Students’ Selection of Fields
Ann L. Mullen
9. Demystifying Influences on Persistence for Native American First-Generation College Students
Natalie Rose Youngbull and Robin Minthorn
10. Science Posse: The Importance of the Cohort in Normalizing Academic Challenge
Kim Godsoe
11. Toward a Local Student Success Model: Latino First-Generation College Student Persistence
Trista Beard
Afterword
Jenny Stuber
Clearing the Path is a timely, powerful, and refreshingly nuanced collection of qualitative studies on the unique struggles, strategies, and persistence of first-generation college students. By centering the diverse voices of first-generation students, chapters in this volume provide invaluable insights into the experiential core of higher education—a complex space too often neglected by those hoping to identify and address the needs of a growing number of first-generation students.
— Amy E. Stich, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia
As first-generation college students traverse class boundaries, their journeys illuminate the power of social class in America. These compelling pieces by younger scholars will help to define the terms of the debate going forward.
— Annette Lareau, Author of Unequal Childhoods
Theoretically rich, empirically engaging, and a celebration of what first-generation college students bring to our colleges, Clearing the Path provides practical suggestions and needed insight into how colleges can do better for our students. A necessary read for students, parents, and educators.
— Laura Nichols, Santa Clara University