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First-generation Graduates and Issues of Employability
… States 1. Approximately, 60% of these were first-generation students (students whose parents did not earn a four year college degree)2. However, what has been largely overlooked in research on first-generation students in the United States is the issue of post-degree employability or the …
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From aspiration to attainment: Exploring the university access pathways of first-generation graduates from a West Coast town
This thesis investigates how five first-generation graduates from working-class towns constructed viable educational pathways in contexts marked by limited university participation. It examines the interplay of aspirations, space, time and mobility in shaping how they cultivated post-secondary …