Using Required Courses to Expand First-Gen Mentorship Accessibility
The authors present a departmental initiative designed to address gaps first-gen students face in accessing career mentorship.
Teaching Sociology / May 30, 2023
First-generation and underrepresented minoritized (URM) students may have greater challenges in online learning than other students. Communities of support can help these highly motivated students be more engaged and successful in the remote learning environment. In this scoping literature review, the authors identified fifteen categories of first-generation and URM student challenges in online learning as found in peer-reviewed research of the last ten years. The authors placed these challenges within the Student Engagement model and found them to be barriers of student engagement. The results of their analysis may help guide practitioners and educators in the continuance or creation of theoretically grounded interventions for student support.
