THE ESSENTIAL STUDENT DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE, UPDATED WITH CUTTING-
EDGE THEORY AND PRACTICE Student Development in College is the go-to resource for …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Sense of belonging has been used to gauge students' adjustment to and persistence within
higher education. Social class is associated with sense of belonging and working-class …

Interview, survey, and academic transcript data with a diverse sample of first-generation
college (FGC) and continuing generation college (CGC) premedical intended emerging …

In an era in which class divisions are becoming starker than ever, some individuals are
choosing to marry across class. The Power of the Past traces the lives of a subset of these …

First-generation, working-class college students are on the path to upward mobility and may
have social and psychological problems related to cultural differences between the working …

This paper describes a story-sharing program, called Our Stories, in which faculty and staff
at a regional comprehensive university share their personal experiences about attending …

Helping Poor‐ and Working‐Class Students Create Their Own Sense of
Belonging Page 1 6 This chapter explores the concept of class straddling and offers institutional …

This study (The study has been developed under the framework of an FP7 research project,
RESL. Eu–Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe (Project scheme: SSH-2012-1; …

Numerous essays exist on the lived experiences of academics from working-class or poverty-
class origins. Yet, to date, there exists no systematic analysis of the class origins of university …