Ty C. McNamee

The Cultural Journeys of Rural, Poor and Working-Class College Students (eBook, ePUB)

Policy and Practice to Support Degree Attainment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With the goal of improving efforts and initiatives to promote college completion, this book offers an engaging, in-depth analysis of the cultural journeys of rural, poor and working-class college students. By examining select student stories through the lens of cultural flexibility, cultural integration, and cultural capital and wealth, the author derives a collective understanding of how these students navigate their college experiences, informing key recommendations for practice and policy. This volume will be of interest to higher education researchers and scholars studying rurality, social class, equity, and college success and completion, as well as practitioners and policymakers looking to more effectively enroll and retain rural, poor and working-class college students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040376904
• Artikelnr.: 73917769

Autorenporträt

Ty C. McNamee is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi, USA. Growing up a working-class, gay student in rural Wyoming influenced Ty's research. He studies postsecondary access and success for rural students, particularly those who are poor or working-class and those who are queer, as well as college teaching and learning and faculty development at rural postsecondary institutions.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Importance of Focusing on Rural
Poor and Working-Class Students in Higher Education 2. Rurality
Social Class
and Culture: Considerations for Rural
Poor and Working-Class Students' Cultural Journeys in Higher Education 3. The Cultural Journeys of Seven Rural
Poor and Working-Class Students in Higher Education 4.Toward a Collective Understanding of Rural
Poor and Working-Class Students in Higher Education 5. Using Practice and Policy to Support Rural
Poor and Working-Class Students from College Enrollment to Attainment