ERIC Number: EJ1446018
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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"Our Branches Are the Vines That Must Bear Fruit": The Role of Parents in First-Generation Students' Career Development
Katie N. Smith
Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, v2 n3 p52-74 2023
This interpretive qualitative study of 17 first-generation college students (FGCSs) in the U.S. uses parent-generated familial capital as an asset-based framework to recognize the various ways that parents contribute to their undergraduate students' career development. Six themes illustrate parental contributions: facilitating students' access to pre-college educational opportunity, making financial contributions, instilling careerrelated values, giving career advice, job choice from parent contexts (or the way that knowledge of parent cultures and regions of origin informed career goals, especially for immigrant participants), and giving back to parents as a source of motivation for achievement and financial success. Findings also acknowledge the importance of considering FGCSs' multiple social identities, namely immigrant status, as the majority of study participants are from immigrant families, in understanding participants' career development experiences.
Descriptors: Parent Role, Parent Influence, First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Career Development, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education, Immigrants, Cultural Capital, Educational Benefits, Academic Achievement
Center for Postsecondary Success at Florida State University. 1114 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Web site: https://journals.flvc.org/jpss/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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