Navigating the Pipeline: How Socio-Cultural Influences Impact First-Generation Doctoral Students

Autor/inn/en	Holley, Karri A.; Gardner, Susan
Titel	Navigating the Pipeline: How Socio-Cultural Influences Impact First-Generation Doctoral Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 5 (2012) 2, S.112-121 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/a0026840
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Doctoral Degrees; First Generation College Students; Educational Experience; Student Experience; Graduate Study; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Intellectual Disciplines; Institutional Characteristics; Cultural Influences; Social Capital; Family Financial Resources; Student Attitudes; Context Effect; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Bildungserfahrung; Studienerfahrung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Geisteswissenschaften; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialkapital; Schülerverhalten; USA
Abstract	This paper examines the experiences of doctoral students who are the first in their families to graduate from college. First-generation college students constitute one third of doctoral degree recipients in the United States (Hoffer et al., 2002), yet little is known about their graduate school experience. Social capital and reproduction theory offer insight into the relationship between individual mobility and social structures, while the concept of intersectionality emphasizes the multiple characteristics of individual identity. Through interviews with 20 first-generation doctoral students, this article considers the role of the discipline, the institution, finances, and family in the graduate school experience. The findings emphasize how the manifold components of a student's identity beyond the educational achievements of a parent help explain the first-generation doctoral student experience. Implications and recommendations for practice are offered. (Contains 1 table and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10