Negotiating multiple identities within multiple frames: an analysis of first‐generation college students

Understanding the Memorable Messages First-Generation College Students Receive from On-Campus Mentors

“…However, they still remain linked to their family since their success remains a part of family pride and success (Orbe, 2003(Orbe, , 2008. Although parental pride can translate into support for FGC students (Orbe, 2003) success can also be contingent on FGC students' ability to connect with others and seek support outside the family (Orbe, 2004). Finding support on campus impacts academic and social integration (Tinto, 1975(Tinto, , 1993.…”

Factors Predicting Organizational Identification with Intercollegiate Forensics Teams

“…Orbe (2004) asserts that aside from sex, race and ethnic identification affecting student identification, first generation college students (FGC's) with multiple identities generally lack a strong social bond and identification with a university community. In a different analysis, focusing on sex as one of many variables, Croucher et al (2006) in their analysis of intercollegiate speech found female, not male, competitors identified more with forensics programs.…”

Campus Adaptations among First Generation and Non FirstGeneration Students

“…To this Special support systems need to be in place to enable transition of first generation women engineering students into four year program institutions (Fletcher, Newell, Anderson-Rowland, & Newton, 2001). Counter spaces and connections formed with daily interactions on the go at campus impact college transition among first generation college students of race(A.-M. Nuñez, 2011) with apprehensions on communications persisting (Francis & Miller, 2007) hindering the perceptions of lack of sense of community identity among first generation students (Orbe, 2004). …”