A Phenomenological Study Of The First Year College Experience Of First-generation Latinx Students

<p>This qualitative study explored the first-year college experience of four first-generation Latinx college students and how they made sense of that experience. The participants were all graduates of a private independent high school in a suburban community, and research was conducted through interviewing the participants. Analyzing their perceptions garnered a deeper understanding of and insight into their lived experience in order to help develop strategies and programs to better support the enrollment, retention and graduation of first-generation Latinx college students. Study findings suggest that future practices at both the high school and the college level should include emphasis on providing culturally congruent outreach to parents, developing cultural competency in faculty and counselors, providing culturally responsive mentoring to students and their families, and including early exposure to the college process and financial aid information to better support these students in attaining their goals.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Scanlan, Ceil

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shani Beth-Halachmy
• Terry Jo Smith
• Diane Salmon

• First-generation Latinx college students
• Latinx Education
• Cultural humility
• Cultural competency
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/408

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1436