First-in-family students, university experience and family life : motivations, transitions and participation /: motivations, transitions and participation. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah O'Shea, Josephine May, Cathy Stone, Janine Delahunty.
• Authors: O'Shea, Sarah; May, Josephine, 1950-; Stone, Cathy; Delahunty, Janine
• Contents: PART I -- Chapter 1. Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2. The Lack of What ...?: First-in-Family Learners and their University Experience -- Chapter 3. Disrupting the Deficit: Beyond Notions of Lack for First-in-Family Students -- Chapter 4. What Am I Waiting For? -- PART II -- Chapter 5. Trailblazing: Motivations and relationship impacts for first-in-family enabling students -- Chapter 6. The Online Student Experience: New Challenges for Engagement and Support -- Chapter 7. 'So How was Big School Today?' Family Perceptions of HE Participation -- Chapter 8. Parents Managing University and Family Life -- Chapter 9. Motivated Men: First-in-Family Male Students -- Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.1/98; Education; First-generation college students; First-generation college students -- Family relationships; Educational equalization; College students -- Social conditions; EDUCATION -- Higher; Education -- Higher; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Education -- Counseling -- Vocational Guidance; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Sociology; Social issues & processes; Careers guidance; Sociology: family & relationships; Education, Higher; Career education; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137582843; 1137582847; 1137582839
• Related ISBNs: 9781137582836
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 07, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.