Leadership Education and First-Generation Students' Social Capital Development. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Soria, Krista M.; Cole, Audriana
• Is Part Of: Journal of first-generation student success. Volume 3:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Leadership education -- first-generation students -- social capital; First-generation college students -- United States -- Periodicals; Academic achievement -- United States -- Periodicals; Academic achievement; First-generation college students; United States; Periodicals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1080/26906015.2023.2171823
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2690-6015

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to discover if leadership education has an effect on first-generation students' social capital development. We used a propensity score analysis on a multi-institutional sample of students enrolled at 69 colleges and universities in spring 2021 to construct matched pairs of students who did and did not participate in leadership education ( n = 2, 560). The results of ordinary least squares regression suggest that leadership education has a significant and positive effect on first-generation students' social capital development controlling for pre-college, demographic, collegiate, and institutional variables.