Traversing New Territory as Low-income, First-generation Students of Color

This briefing examines how institutional values of independence ignore the familial commitments of low-income, first-generation students of color and consequently undermine their well-being and performance, especially during the transition to college. The presenter will discuss how such cultural mismatches manifested before the COVID-19 pandemic and explore preliminary research on the ways in which shifts to remote learning exacerbated these mismatches.