Geographies of Campus Inequality: Mapping the Diverse Experiences of First-Generation Students

Sociological Research On The Experience Of First-generation College Students Has Expanded Significantly In The Last Decade, Providing Broad-ranging Data About The Ways That These Students Enter College Settings And Their Comparative Progress Toward Graduation. However, We Still Know Little About Differences Among First-gen Students. In This Book, We Problematize The Notion That There Is Only Way To Be A First Generation Student, And We Consider The Implications That Different Routes Into And Through College Have For Post-college Mobility. Drawing On Interviews With 64 College Students At One Highly Selective Campus And National Longitudinal Survey Data From 28 Campuses, We Found That Rather Than Developing A Sense Of Belonging On Campus At Large, First-generation Students Were Located In One Of Four Different Smaller Multi-dimensional Niches, What We Refer To As Campus Geographies--