Building Bonds for Postsecondary Success: The Role of Supportive Socio-Academic Networks for First-Generation Degree Completion

• In Event: Interpersonal Interactions in College

Abstract

The study explores a financially-subsidized two-year degree program for students possessing minimal English language skills. Utilizing an explanatory case study design, this project explores the socio-academic experiences of the first cohort of students, and how they prepare to graduate from the two-year academic program through a social capital lens.

Authors

• Katherine C Aquino, St. John's University

• Pamela Jimenez, Manhattan College

• Rosemary Osso, Manhattan College