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The Social Class Barriers to Engagement in Leadership Experiences
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Soria, Krista M. – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2021
This chapter examines the barriers that prohibit poor and working-class students from accessing and engaging in leadership development experiences. Suggestions to inventory these costs and reshape leadership education to be more inclusive to students from poor or working-class backgrounds are included.
Descriptors: Social Class, Barriers, Learner Engagement, Leadership Training
Class Counts: Exploring Differences in Academic and Social Integration between Working-Class and Middle/Upper-Class Students at Large, Public Research Universities
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Soria, Krista M.; Stebleton, Michael J.; Huesman, Ronald L., Jr. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
This multi-institutional study examines differences between working-class and middle/upper-class students at large, public research universities. Significant differences in factors related to working-class students' social integration (including satisfaction, campus climate, and sense of belonging) and academic integration (including collaborative…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Status, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Status Comparison
Breaking down Barriers: Academic Obstacles of First-Generation Students at Research Universities
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Stebleton, Michael J.; Soria, Krista M. – Learning Assistance Review, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived academic obstacles of first-generation students in comparison to non-first-generation students. Using the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) completed by approximately 58,000 students from six research universities, the researchers used nonparametric bootstrapping to analyze…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Study Skills, First Generation College Students, Depression (Psychology)