Over the past 25 years the enrollment of first generation students has increased in universities and colleges around the United States. As long as I can remember, the journey to college for me was more than a normal path that every student takes after high school graduation. A higher education was a necessity for my self independence and to helped increase my ability to adapt to situations in times of struggle. As I grew-up in a family where my parents had to work extended work weeks in a dreadful environment, it became my dream to pursue higher education, so I don’t have to face the same struggles my parents went through on a daily basis. My parents are hard-working business owners, who deal with basic struggles on a day to day basis. The
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My sources connect together to show the motivation and struggles a first generation college student faces in their first year. In my first source “The Formation of In-Groups” by Gordon Allport illustrates the idea that humans form concentric loyalties and that’s how they identify with each specific group. In addition, Dr. Padgett et al explains in “First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College: Additional Evidence” the struggles a new first generation college student faces because of the lack of guidance beforehand, but the ability to meet with other individuals who share the same background helps them become strongly motivated. In “First Generation College Students: Motivation, Integration, and Academic Achievement” Prospero y Gupta explain the difference outcomes that occur when a first generation student is motivated by different factors. In Linda Banks-Santilli’s “Guilt is one of the biggest struggles first-generation college students face” she expands on a first generation college student’s motivation by including specific examples from her findings. She explains that the motivation can be an advantage, but at other times it creates a feeling of guilt. Additionally, Jennifer Guerra expands on the struggles of first generation college students and how universities can help these
My sources connect together to show the motivation and struggles a first generation college student faces in their first year. In my first source “The Formation of In-Groups” by Gordon Allport illustrates the idea that humans form concentric loyalties and that’s how they identify with each specific group. In addition, Dr. Padgett et al explains in “First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College: Additional Evidence” the struggles a new first generation college student faces because of the lack of guidance beforehand, but the ability to meet with other individuals who share the same background helps them become strongly motivated. In “First Generation College Students: Motivation, Integration, and Academic Achievement” Prospero y Gupta explain the difference outcomes that occur when a first generation student is motivated by different factors. In Linda Banks-Santilli’s “Guilt is one of the biggest struggles first-generation college students face” she expands on a first generation college student’s motivation by including specific examples from her findings. She explains that the motivation can be an advantage, but at other times it creates a feeling of guilt. Additionally, Jennifer Guerra expands on the struggles of first generation college students and how universities can help these