Moving Away from One’s Origins: Predictors of Becoming a First-Generation College Graduate and Not Becoming a Continuing-Generation Graduate

IF 1.2 4区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Sociological Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI:10.1080/00380253.2023.2198583

A. Manzoni, J. Streib

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ABSTRACT Nearly a third of students whose parents do not have bachelor’s degrees become first-generation college graduates and over a third of students with at least one parent with a bachelor’s degree do not become continuing-generation college graduates. We apply insights from social reproduction theory to study educational mobility, examining which factors are associated with becoming a first-generation college graduate and not becoming a continuing-generation college graduate. Drawing on data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find that students with low educational origins who become first-generation college graduates have parents who possess and pass down high levels of some resources for their educational level and are well equipped to use the resources they receive. Likewise, students with high educational origins who do not become continuing-generation graduates tend to have parents who possess few resources for their education level, pass down few of some resources, and are less well equipped to use the resources they receive. We discuss the implications of our findings for the openness of the American educational system.

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远离自己的出身:成为第一代大学毕业生和不成为继续一代大学毕业生的预测

近三分之一的父母没有学士学位的学生成为第一代大学毕业生，超过三分之一的父母至少有一方拥有学士学位的学生没有成为下一代大学毕业生。我们运用社会再生产理论的见解来研究教育流动性，研究哪些因素与成为第一代大学毕业生而不是成为连续一代大学毕业生有关。根据《全国青少年到成人健康纵向研究》(National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health)的数据，我们发现，低教育背景的学生成为第一代大学毕业生，他们的父母拥有并传承了与他们的教育水平相当的一些资源，并且有能力利用他们获得的资源。同样，受过高等教育的学生，如果没有成为下一代毕业生，他们的父母往往拥有与他们的教育水平相当的资源，他们的一些资源也很少传承下来，他们也没有很好地利用他们所获得的资源。我们讨论了我们的发现对美国教育系统开放性的影响。

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