Building Educational Resilience and Social Support: The Effects of the Educational Opportunity Fund Program Among First- and Second-Generation College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 574-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline S Clauss-Ehlers ◽  
Connie R Wibrowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Educational Resilience ◽  
Educational Opportunity Fund ◽  
First And Second Generation

scholarly journals Perceived Social Support, Career Aspiration and School Engagement of First Generation Learners and Second Generation Learners

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandini Sanyal ◽  
Sushmita Tandon ◽  
Tina Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Entire Family ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
First And Second Generation

<p>The term ‘first generation learners’ refers to students who are first ones in their entire family to<br />go to school and receive an education. The present study is quantitative study which adopts a<br />factorial design in which first-and second generation learners and gender are treated as the<br />Independent Variables, and perceived social support and its dimensions, career aspirations and<br />its dimensions and student school engagement and its dimensions are considered as Dependent<br />Variables. The present study also adopts a correlational design to determine whether perceived<br />social support and career aspirations predict student school engagement in first and second<br />generation learners (girls and boys). Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to<br />select a sample of 150 first generation learners and 150 second generation learners from<br />Hyderabad. Results showed that there were significant differences between the two groups with<br />respect to career aspirations, educational aspirations and leadership aspirations. Significant<br />gender differences were observed with respect to belonging support and educational aspirations. Stepwise regression analyses showed that perceived social support and career aspirations and their dimensions are predictors of student school engagement and its dimensions in both first and second generation learners. Such results highlight the importance of formulating policies to improve the status of first generation learners, taking into consideration their economic status and other cultural and psychological aspects. Workshops for educationalists and school counsellors who may work closely with first-generation students should address issues that may be particularly relevant to this group.</p>

Revisionism in Retrospect: A Personal View

Slavic Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 682-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Personal View ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Soviet History ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
First And Second Generation

This is a participant's account of the movement in Soviet history during the 1970s and 1980s known as “revisionism,” which Sheila Fitzpatrick understands as an iconoclastic challenge by social historians to the dominance in Sovietology of political scientists and the totalitarian model. Particular attention is paid to the debates on the nature of Stalinism, which in the context of the Cold War became highly politicized and bitterly polemical, as well as to internal arguments: for example, between Marxists and non-Marxists and between first- and second-generation revisionists. Revisionists’ early interest in questions of social support and later focus on resistance is discussed. The essay offers an assessment of the intellectual and historiographical contribution of revisionism, including an appreciation of contingency, a new approach to power and the interplay of government and society, new standards of historical professionalism, and an emphasis on archives and primary sources. Finally, a line of continuity between revisionism and its 1990s challenger, “post-revisionism,” is suggested. Comments are provided by Robert V Daniels, J. Arch Getty, Elena A. Osokina, and Jochen Hellbeck.

A Community Cultural Wealth Examination of Sources of Support and Challenges Among Latino First- and Second-Generation College Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Kouyoumdjian ◽  
Bianca L. Guzmán ◽  
Nichole M. Garcia ◽  
Valerie Talavera-Bustillos
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Community Cultural Wealth ◽  
Cultural Wealth ◽  
College Completion Rates ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
Hispanic Serving ◽  
First And Second Generation

Growth of Latino students in postsecondary education merits an examination of their resources/challenges. A community cultural wealth model provided a framework to examine unacknowledged student resources and challenges. A mixed method approach found that first- and second-generation college students report equal numbers of sources of support/challenges. Understanding student needs can assist with program development to increasing college completion rates.

The Psychological Adjustment of the Chinese Community in Britain

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
Ying Har Li
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Value Differences ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
First And Second Generation

The psychological health and adjustment to life in Britain of a sample of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrants were measured. It was predicted that problems with the English language, inadequate social support, value differences, and unfulfilled expectations would induce more symptoms of psychological distress and depression in first-generation than in second-generation Chinese immigrants. Overall psychological hearth, and hence adjustment, was good. There was evidence for language problems and unfulfilled expectations, but not social support and value differences, being linked to mental health in the second generation. Evidence linking mental health to other personal variables was found in both generations.

Social influence and social support as predictors of cessation among college students enrolled in a quit and win contest

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winta Ghidei ◽  
Xianghua Luo ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Jill Ronco ◽  
Meredith Schreier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Influence
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