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Access is not enough

Cultural mismatch persists to limit first-generation students’ opportunities for achievement throughout college

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ID6206739
AutoresL Taylor Phillips (0000-0003-4655-6904, New York University), Nicole M Stephens (0000-0001-7035-3213, Kellogg's (Canada)), Sarah S M Townsend (0000-0001-7086-5454, University of Southern California), Sébastien Goudeau (0000-0001-7293-0977, Contextual Change (United States))
Ano2020
Volume119
Fascículo5
Páginas1112-1131
Data de publicação2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/pspi0000234
PMID32105102
OpenAlexW2523493043
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas66
Referências citadas58

United States higher education prioritizes independence as the cultural ideal. As a result, first-generation students (neither parent has a four-year degree) often confront an initial cultural mismatch early on in college settings: they endorse relatively interdependent cultural norms that diverge from the independent cultural ideal. This initial cultural mismatch can lead first-generation students to perform less well academically compared with continuing-generation students (one or more parents have a four-year degree) early in college. Yet, what happens as first-generation students experience the university culture throughout their time in college? Using cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches, we find that initial cultural mismatch is associated with psychological and academic costs that persist until graduation. First, at college entry, we find social class differences in cultural norms: first-generation students endorse more interdependent cultural norms than their continuing-generation peers. Second, endorsing interdependence at college entry predicts reduced subjective sense of fit in college four years later. Third, lower subjective sense of fit predicts lower grade point average and subjective social status upon graduation. Together, these results suggest that initial cultural mismatch contributes to worse experiences and academic outcomes among first-generation students, and that these disparities persist even until graduation. Further, we find that social class differences in cultural norms remain stable throughout college: first-generation students continue to endorse more interdependence than do continuing-generation students. We suggest providing access is not sufficient to reduce social class inequity; colleges need to create more inclusive environments to ensure that students from diverse backgrounds can reap similar rewards. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Graduation (instrument) · Interdependence · Sociology · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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