Understanding first-generation undergraduate engineering students' entry and persistence through social capital theory
Abstract Background The higher education literature is replete with deficit-based studies of first-generation college students. By thinking of students' social relationships as embedded assets, our research adds to an anti-deficit, or asset-based, framing of first-generation students majoring i...
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Main Authors: | Julie P. Martin (Author), Shannon K. Stefl (Author), Lindsey W. Cain (Author), Aubrie L. Pfirman (Author) |
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2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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