Social Capital and Academic Motivation Among First-Generation Community College Students

Moschetti, Roxanne Venus; Hudley, Cynthia

doi:10.1080/10668926.2013.819304

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Social Capital and Academic Motivation Among First-Generation Community College Students

Moschetti, Roxanne Venus, Hudley, Cynthia·2015·Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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Social capital, the value of a relationship that provides support and assistance in a given social situation (Stanton-Salazar, 2001), is a useful theory for understanding the experiences of low-income adolescents who are the first in their families to attend college. According to social capital theory, networks of relationships can help students manage an unfamiliar environment by providing them with relevant information, guidance, and emotional support. Existing research on social capital in postsecondary institutions has focused on low-income, ethnic minority adolescents, finding that low socioeconomic status (low-SES) and first-generation ethnic minority students struggle in accessing beneficial social capital on campus (Prospero & Vohra-Gupta, 2007; Saunders & Serna, 2004). However, the academic and social adjustment of first-generation, low-income White students is an understudied phenomenon. Therefore, this study examined how White, working-class, first-generation community college students, enrolled at a community college in northern Nevada, managed to integrate themselves, both socially and academically, into college. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze the interview data (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). Overall, first-generation, working-class, White community college students face many obstacles to earning postsecondary degrees, and social capital in the form of relationships with institutional agents on campus may be able to help them further their academic goals.

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Educational researchers tend to focus on barriers encountered by FGC students rather than on what contributes to their success.
“educational researchers tend to focus on barriers encountered by FGC students, rather than on what contributes to their success (Garrison & Gardner, 2012;Moschetti & Hudley, 2015).”
From Understanding first-generation undergraduate engineering students’ entry and persistence through social capital theory (2020) · cites this paper as Moschetti & Hudley, 2015
Family support appears not only as tangible actions, such as providing financial help, but also as intangible aspects like emotional support.
“Family support appears not only as tangible actions, such as providing financial help (Holland, 2010), but also as intangible aspects like emotional support (Holland, 2010;Moschetti & Hudley, 2015).”
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Authors: Moschetti, R. V., & Hudley, C.
Affiliations: California State University, Northridge (US)
University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
Corresponding author: Moschetti, Roxanne Venus
Venue: Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2014-08-15
Volume: 39
Issue: 3
Pages: 235-251
ISSN: 1066-8926 (ISSN-L)
1521-0413
DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2013.819304
OpenAlex: W2045807005
Cited by: 114
References: 77
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 25.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Community College Journal of Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Dynamics
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
Keywords: social capital, first-generation college students, community college students, academic motivation, working-class students, social integration, academic adjustment, institutional relations, social networks

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