Not a Problem to Be Fixed: Successful First-Generation Graduates and Implications for College Counselors |
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| Authors: | Eric M. Brown Sonia Ramrakhiani Kevin A. Tate |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, Wheaton College;2. School of Education, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo;3. Department of Counselor Education, State University of New York at Brockport |
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| Abstract: | This article describes a qualitative study with seven first-generation college graduates who went on to complete graduate school and are now working in colleges and universities as counselors and counselor educators. The findings highlight the resources that these participants possessed that contributed to their college success stories. Relational-cultural theory is proposed as a fitting developmental model for college counselors working with this student demographic. Este artículo describe un estudio cualitativo con siete graduados universitarios de primera generación que completaron programas de posgrado y actualmente trabajan como consejeros y educadores de consejeros en universidades y otros centros de estudios superiores. Los resultados resaltan los recursos que poseían los participantes y que contribuyeron a sus historias de éxito en la educación superior. Se propone la teoría relacional-cultural como un modelo de desarrollo apropiado para consejeros de educación superior que trabajan con este grupo demográfico de estudiantes. |
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| Keywords: | positive counseling first-generation students relational-cultural theory multicultural counselor development consejería positiva estudiantes de primera generación teoría relacional-cultural multicultural desarrollo del consejero |
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