Welcome to America, welcome to college: Comparing the effects of immigrant generation and college generation on physical science and engineering career Conference

Lung, F, Potvin, G, Sonnert, G et al. (2013). Welcome to America, welcome to college: Comparing the effects of immigrant generation and college generation on physical science and engineering career . 3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NUCLEON STRUCTURE AT LARGE BJORKEN X, 1513 270-273. 10.1063/1.4789704

cited authors

  • Lung, F; Potvin, G; Sonnert, G; Sadler, PM

abstract

  • Students enter college with social, cultural, and economic resources (well described Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and capital) that significantly impact their goals, actions, and successes. Two important determinants of the amount and type of resources available to students are their immigrant generation and college generation status. Drawing on a national sample of 6860 freshmen enrolled in college English, we compare and contrast the effects of immigrant generation with those of college generation status on physical science and engineering career intentions to explore some of the challenges faced by the first in the family to become an American and/or go to college.

publication date

  • January 1, 2013

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

start page

  • 270

end page

  • 273

volume

  • 1513