Reaffirming the Public Purposes of Higher Education: First-Generation and Continuing Generation Students' Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Cuellar, Marcela G.; Bencomo Garcia, Alicia; Saichaie, Kem
Titel	Reaffirming the Public Purposes of Higher Education: First-Generation and Continuing Generation Students' Perspectives
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 93 (2022) 2, S.273-296 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cuellar, Marcela G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1080/00221546.2021.1979849
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Role of Education; First Generation College Students; Student Attitudes; Social Influences; Parent Influence; Generational Differences; Undergraduate Students; Attitude Change; Success; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsauftrag; Schülerverhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Erfolg; Kalifornien
Abstract	For more than a century, scholars and policymakers have commented and debated on the purposes of higher education. These conversations reflect a combination of public and private goals, with an increasing emphasis on social mobility. The perspective of students, especially those currently enrolled and first-generation college goers for whom social mobility is likely salient, are often not part of these conversations. This study examines how first-generation and continuing generation students describe the purposes of higher education during college. Students note a strong emphasis on the private goals of higher education from society and parents. However, students' narratives reflect how they grapple with multiple purposes with some also recognizing a change in their views. Differences by generational status also emerged, emphasizing a continued need to balance public and private goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01