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Access is not enough: Cultural mismatch persists to limit first-generation students’ opportunities for achievement throughout college.

Abstract
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 student...
Keywords
Graduation (instrument)
Psychology
Social psychology
Interdependence
Academic achievement
Developmental psychology
Sociology
Mathematics
Social science
Geometry
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Reduced inequalities



Access is not enough: Cultural mismatch persists to limit first-generation students’ opportunities for achievement throughout college.

Access is not enough: Cultural mismatch persists to limit first-generation students’ opportunities for achievement throughout college.

Abstract
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 student...
Keywords
Graduation (instrument)
Psychology
Social psychology
Interdependence
Academic achievement
Developmental psychology
Sociology
Mathematics
Social science
Geometry
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Reduced inequalities