Firsts Abroad

First-Generation Students' Journeys Outward and Upward

Jeremy Townley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2026
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-4698-2 (ISBN)

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Across the country, flagship universities and liberal arts colleges, regional state campuses and Ivy League institutions continue to adapt to a globalized economy. One key internationalization strategy is study abroad. But who gets to have an overseas experience? In Firsts Abroad, Jeremy Townley explores the stories of first-generation college students who participated in study abroad. Because of their multicultural, multilingual backgrounds, non-traditional paths to and through college, and hard-won life experiences, first-generation students possess knowledge, skills, and savvy developed in their families that help them take advantage of their time overseas. While abroad, these students also experience significant gains in social networks and cultural knowledge, as well as important transformations in worldview, that allow for the possibility of upward social mobility. This powerfully argued book reveals that study abroad, so important in a globalized world, may be most essential for students historically underserved by higher education.

Jeremy Townley directs the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program at Oregon State University. He has published in Harvard Review, The New York Review of Books, Slate,and elsewhere.

Introduction

"Why Would You Go … So Far Away?": Family and Study Abroad

"We'll Be There for Each Other": Short-Term Programs, Lifelong Friends

"That's for White People": Students of Color Abroad

"Something the Rich Kids … Got to Do": Study Abroad and Social Knowledge

Conclusion

Appendix A: Participant Profiles

Appendix B: Framing the Study

Appendix C: Research Process

Acknowledgements

Notes

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.6.2026
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-4698-3 / 1978846983
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-4698-2 / 9781978846982
Zustand	Neuware