A form that gives students access to past exams and study guides, which was lost when the Office of Diversity and Inclusion was closed last school year is once again available this semester. The Scholarship and Supplemental Academic Services’ study and review materials request form, which resumed access on Aug. 28, is now located in […]
I am still almost happy crying over the feedback I got on my most recent discussion paper. Like this small town Iowa person is really holding their own in a Religious Studies masters program.
After being told I was a failure with big dreams who'd never get very far (so get a real job and quit whining) for 40+ years of my life, this is freaking amazing!
Conceptualising prospective first-generation entrants’ higher education decision-making as an ‘ecology of intersecting influences’ and an ‘elastic plane’
Louise Gazeley & Tamsin Hinton-Smith
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Fitting in at University:
Longitudinal study (N = 829) finds first-generation university students conceal their social background more than continuing-generation students in order to fit in at university, but their identity concealment results in poorer well-being.
Veldman et al. (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221089116
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Columbus - Feeds
Kit Muse
Higher Education R & D Journal
Mark Rubin