Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Sociology
First Advisor
Alex Stepick
Date of Publication
Summer 8-1-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology
Department
Sociology
Language
English
Subjects
First-generation college students -- Pacific Northwest -- Case studies, Hispanic American college students -- Pacific Northwest -- Case studies, College freshmen -- Pacific Northwest -- Case studies, Student adjustment -- Pacific Northwest -- Case studies
DOI
10.15760/etd.1025
Physical Description
1 online resource (iii, 74 pages)
Abstract
This thesis details the lived experiences of ten first-generation Latino students at a large public university in the Pacific Northwest. Their experience and adjustment reveal that they relied on their friends and family, especially their parents for the male participants, for support and encouragement. The help these students received in the form of caring and social capital from faculty and staff during their freshman year ensured that they made a successful adjustment to college. Participants cite influential people and programs that motivated them to succeed and become comfortable in the college student role.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10015
Recommended Citation
Aguirre, Marco Antonio, "First-Generation Latinos at Pacific Northwest University: Their Adjustment and Experience during Freshman Year" (2013). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1025.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1025