On the borders of the academy : challenges and strategies for first-generation graduate students and faculty / edited by Alecea Ritter Standlee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Standlee, Alecea Ritter, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First-generation college students--United States.

First-generation college students.

Graduate students--United States.

Graduate students.

College teaching--Social aspects.

College teaching.

United States.

College teachers--United States.

College teachers.

People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)--United States.

People with social disabilities.

People with social disabilities--Education (Higher).

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

College teaching--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 296 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Graduate School Press of Syracuse University, [2018]

Summary:

One of the most significant achievements in U.S. higher education during the latter half of the 20th century was the increasing access enjoyed by historically marginalized populations, including women, people of color, and the poor and working class. With this achievement has come a growing population of first-generation graduate students and faculty members, who struggle at times to navigate unfamiliar territory. Today, these individuals and institutions are faced with profound challenges in adapting to shifts within a social environment increasingly hostile to education. The growing diversity in higher education has left it open to attacks by those who wish to maintain systems of privilege and inequality. This book offers insight on the challenges of first-generation academics, as well as practical tools for navigating the halls of the academy for individuals and institutional allies alike.--COVER.

Contents:

Changer in paradise : escaping marginality and shaping academic labor / Vincent Seravallo

Educational experiences of faculty from working-class backgrounds / Jim Vander Putten

Culture clash : a working-class academic at a liberal arts college / Michelle M. Tokarczyk

Working-class academics at work : perceptions of and experiences within the academy / Meghan J. Pifer and Karley A. Riffe

First in line : the experience of first-generation, working-class graduate students / Kathleen Mullins

Narrating, understanding, and reflecting on the experiences of working-class graduate students in rhetoric and composition programs / David Marquard

Navigating positive and hostile department climates : experiences of Latino/a doctoral students / Elvia Ramirez

Working-class graduate students and the neoliberalization of higher education : a collective autoethnography / Aaron Hoy, Marcus Bell, Selene Cammer-Bechtold, and Mauricio Torres

The leaky pipeline and the lost youth : why low-income students don't make it to graduate school / JanRose Ottaway Martin

First-generation graduates : challenges in transitioning into employment / Malar Hirudayaraj

From trailer park to ivory tower : preserving, protecting, and promoting the academic potential of disadvantaged students / Sarah Smith

Surviving in the Land of Oz : harvesting academic capital for graduate school success / Saran Donahoo

Still on the margins : programs aimed at opening up a conversation on the invisible issue of social class in doctoral programs / Rosanne Ecker

The house that networking built : perspectives from a first-generation scholar / Taren Swindle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780977784783

0977784789

OCLC:

1032290827