Accessibility to the PhD and Professoriate for FirstGeneration College Graduates: Review and Implications for Students, Faculty, and Campus Policies

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dc.contributor.authorKniffin, Kevin M.en
dc.date.accessed2019-08-21en
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T18:22:48Zen
dc.date.available2019-10-25T18:22:48Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractThere are several reasons why it is important to better understand the experiences of first-generation college students and graduates. First, there is evidence that suggests, at least, that opportunity or access to the PhD depends upon the formal education of one’s parents and is not equal. Second, if we agree that diverse student bodies are best served by diverse faculties, it is important for the benefit of students to better understand why equal opportunity to the PhD is lacking. And third, a better understanding of how a diverse faculty and academic staff promotes equality of educational opportunity has value for building popular support for postsecondary education and broader accessibility. In this article, the author reviews illustrative samplings of qualitative and quantitative research concerning the experiences of first-generation college students from the stage of undergraduate admissions through doctoral completion and achievement of tenure.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAmerican Federation of Teachersen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://www.u.arizona.edu/~jag/POL602/firstGen-profKniffin.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/95093en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Federation of Teachersen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectfirst-generation college studentsen
dc.subjectgraduate educationen
dc.subjectacademic achievementen
dc.titleAccessibility to the PhD and Professoriate for FirstGeneration College Graduates: Review and Implications for Students, Faculty, and Campus Policiesen
dc.typeArticleen
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