Formational Turning Points in the Transition to College: Understanding How Communication Events Shape First-Generation Students' Pedagogical and Interpersonal Relationships With Their College Teachers

Communication Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-82

  Wang, Tiffany R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

Author keywords

First Generation Students; Persistence; Student Teacher Relationship; Transition; Turning Points

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890427710     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2013.841970     Document Type: Article

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