Low-Income Students Thriving in Postsecondary Educational Environments

Autor/in	Nguyen, David J.
Titel	Low-Income Students Thriving in Postsecondary Educational Environments
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 16 (2023) 4, S.497-508 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nguyen, David J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/dhe0000360
Schlagwörter	Low Income Students; College Students; Help Seeking; Public Colleges; Student Financial Aid; Grade Point Average; First Generation College Students; Success; Barriers; Opportunities; Career Development; Money Management; Paying for College + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Erfolg; Möglichkeit; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	All students should have the ability to thrive within collegiate environments. Despite widening access for postsecondary education participation, low-income students often do not experience the collegiate environment in the same ways as their well-resourced peers. Previous research highlights obstacles low-income students face; yet, these results frame low-income students from a deficit perspective as though they lack in specific ways and contribute to further marginalizing this underserved student population. More research must focus on what contributes, enables, or facilitates academic, personal, and social success for low-income students during their enrollment. Understanding individual and organizational features promoting thriving for low-income students can help institutional leaders cultivate campus environments that respond to student's intellectual, personal, and social development. This study contributes to reframing the conversation about low-income students through an exploration of how low-income students thrived in collegiate environments. Framed using Schreiner's concept of thriving, this study illuminated how 30 low-income students successfully navigated college expectations. Findings illustrate thriving occurred in three ways: asking for help, taking advantage of opportunities, and integrating financial implications and knowledge. The article concludes with a discussion and implications for student affairs practice, theory, and future research. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01