Traversing a strange land: voices of successful first-generation college students

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dc.contributor.advisorPatterson, Margaret (Peggy)
dc.contributor.authorBrigham, Bettie Ann
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:32:22Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:32:22Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 189-202en
dc.descriptionIncludes copy of ethics approvals. Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.en
dc.description.abstractBeginning in the mid-l 970s and growing steadily decade by decade to today, there has been a concern with first-generation college students who enter college but fail to graduate in numbers commensurate with peers who are not first-generation college students. Much research has been conducted in the United States and Canada as to what makes these students unique and why these students drop out of college. Although attrition studies are plentiful, little research exists regarding first-generation students who do not drop out, but instead persist and graduate from college. This is a qualitative research study using exploratory multiple case study methodology, within a framework of social capital theory to investigate this important issue in a different way. The focus of this study is on first-generation college students who were successful in their journey through higher education and graduated within 6 years of entering directly from high school. The 60 research participants offer personal stories of their journeys through a variety of colleges and universities using thick, descriptive personal testimony reflective of their hopes, struggles, barriers, and eventual success within the cultures and systems of higher education. Themes found to be similar across cases are identified, they are assumed to be meaningful, and recommendations for Higher Educational Institutions (HEis) are presented based on the themes that emerged. Keep right on to the end of the road. --Harry Laude
dc.format.extentviii, 365 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationBrigham, B. A. (2012). Traversing a strange land: voices of successful first-generation college students (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4803en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/4803
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/105804
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleTraversing a strange land: voices of successful first-generation college students
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2083 627942955
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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