Rethinking Higher Education Through the Strengths and Insights of First-Generation College Students
About the Book Series
This series asks in what ways the strengths and experiences of first-generation college students can lead to new ways of imagining institutional cultures. It explores how institutions celebrate their gifts, talents, and experiences as persons with unique perspectives and abilities to enrich institutional imagination. It sheds light on how first-generation college students negotiate the culture of higher education through embracing multiple identities, on experiences within the context of study abroad programs, on the problem of language and structures of accessible education, and on relevant and dynamic pedagogical skills and tools that institutions can embrace. Foregrounding a collaborative approach and focusing on solutions that benefit both first-generation college students and tertiary institutions, it will appeal to scholars, researchers, and upper-level students with interests in higher education, international and comparative education, cultural studies, philosophy of education, study abroad, decolonial studies, and student services.
First-Generation College Students and Study Abroad
1st Edition
Edited
By SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai, Matt Daily, Layla Garrigues
September 26, 2025
This book showcases the experiences of first-generation college students on study abroad programs. Research shows that study abroad programs develop crucial life skills, provide valuable experiences, and enhance academic achievement. However, only a small percentage of first-generation students ...
Pedagogies for Teaching First-Generation College Students and the Dynamics of Globalized Classrooms
1st Edition
Edited
By SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai, Matt Daily, Layla Garrigues
September 26, 2025
This book examines how higher education institutions positively enhance the learning experiences of first-generation college students. What systems in our communities and world are intentionally or unintentionally producing the realities of first-generation identities, and how can these be upended...
How First-Generation Students Navigate Higher Education through An Embrace of Their Multiple Identities
1st Edition
Edited
By SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai, Matt Daily, Layla Garrigues
June 29, 2025
This book explores how first-generation college students negotiate the culture of higher education through an embrace of their multiple identities. Featuring contributors with multiple experiences and identities, this volume attempts to shed light on the creative approaches first-generation ...