Understanding first-generation undergraduate engineering students' entry and persistence through social capital theory

• Hauptverfasser: Julie P. Martin (VerfasserIn), Shannon K. Stefl (VerfasserIn), Lindsey W. Cain (VerfasserIn), Aubrie L. Pfirman (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: SpringerOpen, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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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...