Title
Story Sharing for First-Generation College Students Attending a Regional Comprehensive University: Campus Outreach to Validate Students and Develop Forms of Capital
Publication Date
2017
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper describes a story-sharing program, called Our Stories, in which faculty and staff at a regional comprehensive university share their personal experiences about attending college as first-generation, working class, or financially insecure (FGWCFI) students with an audience of undergraduate students of various backgrounds. Using preliminary qualitative and quantitative data, we find evidence that these programs validate the experience of these student attendees and build their social, cultural, and psychological capital. This paper reviews literature on outreach to first-generation students, provides an overview of the story-sharing program, discusses how these events support student success, and suggests that such outreach efforts may replicate well at other state comprehensive universities.
Original Citation
King, C.R., Griffith, J., & Murphy, M. (2017). Story Sharing for First-Generation College Students Attending a Regional Comprehensive University: Campus Outreach to Validate Students and Develop Forms of Capital. Teacher-Scholar: The Journal of the State Comprehensive University 8, Article 1. http://scholars.fhsu.edu/ts/vol8/iss1/1/
Virtual Commons Citation
King, Colby R.; Griffith, Jakari; and Murphy, Meghan (2017). Story Sharing for First-Generation College Students Attending a Regional Comprehensive University: Campus Outreach to Validate Students and Develop Forms of Capital. In Faculty, Administrator & Staff Articles. Paper 29.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/fac_articles/29