A narrative inquiry : the experience of first-generation college students / Rashunda L. Stitt & Denise L. Winsor.
Simply because their parents did not attend college, first-generation college students are at a higher risk of dropping out than other college students, if their needs are not met. A number of researchers have conducted studies of first-generation college students in order to assess their needs. How...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | SAGE research methods. Cases.
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| Summary: | Simply because their parents did not attend college, first-generation college students are at a higher risk of dropping out than other college students, if their needs are not met. A number of researchers have conducted studies of first-generation college students in order to assess their needs. However, a majority of these studies are quantitative and ask the first-generation student to answer multiple closed-ended questions. Such restrictive questions allow students to express their feelings only about previously provided prompts. As a result, the voice of the first-generation college student is silenced. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781473950740 1473950740 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2015). |