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Teaching the Entitled and First Generation College Students BY: JACKIE SALISBURY AND TINA WILLHOITE What does it mean to be entitled ? Webster defines entitled as a right or claim to. Deserving/Merited Students Entitlements in

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Teaching the Entitled and First Generation College Students

BY: JACKIE SALISBURY AND TINA WILLHOITE

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What does it mean to be entitled?

Webster defines entitled as “a right or

claim to”.

Deserving/Merited

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Students’ Entitlements in Education Include:

 Fairness  Honesty  Understanding  Well prepared lectures  Due process  Clear communication  Challenges  Connection  Collaboration  Teaching to Learning Differences  Respect

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HOWEVER, entitled educational

benefits differ from an attitude of entitlement.

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Academically entitled students might believe:

Make –up tests should be allowed To come late or leave early Passing grade should be given Retest or extra credit Extended time

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Why do students have a sense of entitlement?

Parents Shift in social paradigms Former schooling

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 Explicit expectations  Negotiation  Examples of “excellent” work  Case in writing  Socialize to assume responsibility  Follow Institutional responses

Strategies for Responding to Entitlement in the Classroom

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Are You Enabling Students to Have a Sense of Entitlement in Your Class?

Ignore unacceptable behavior? Put your own needs and desires aside? Trouble expressing your own emotions? Feel fearful? Cover for someone else’s mistakes? Continue to offer help when

unappreciated?

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As Teachers We Need to Enable Student Success….HOW?

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Be where you are.

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Set a schedule for the week…get organized.

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Reward yourself. Remember that you are only human.

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Use your support system.

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Have some fun.

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Learn to say ‘NO.’

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Know when you need help.

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First-Gen— Who Are First-Gen Students?

 Students whose parent(s)/legal guardian(s) either have no college

experience or didn’t earn a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university

 Students can come from families with low incomes or from middle-or

higher-income families without a college-going tradition

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General Characteristics

Students are more likely to:

 Be older and many are married  Have lower incomes  Have dependents  Attend on a part-time basis  Work at least one job

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General Characteristics Students are more likely to:

Need college prep classes Choice of college is often based on locality to their home or work

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General Characteristics Students were more likely to:

 Take longer than their peers to complete their

education

 Students more likely to be a member of a racial

r ethnic minority group

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Areas of Focus:

Financial, Psychological, Academic, College 101

Financial Awareness—Navigating FAFSA

 Difficult wording and very long  Submit annually  Parents often lack technical skills  Students often complete application  FAFSA scams

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Financial Responsibility

 Do not understand debt ratio  Unable to manage financial aide beyond

tuition expenses

 Juggling money

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Financial responsibility

 Extra curricular activities  Unplanned expenses  Working to supplement other income

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Psychological Effects

 Parents lack the knowledge or background experiences  Feel isolated from their peers/not fitting  Rising above family’s social stratosphere, they feel guilt

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Psychological Effects

 Continuing to try and help at home with

finances, other siblings, or household chores

 Carry financial burdens  Feel stigmatized

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College 101 How Educators Can Help

 Identify First-gen students early and reach out to them  Involve their families  Provide opportunities to help with FAFSA college

applications

 Work with other organizations/emphasize opportunities

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College 101

How Educators Can Help

 Summer orientation First-Gen only  Enlist current and former First-gen students  Create a First-gen living-learning community  Create small cohorts for First-gen students

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College 101 How Educators Can Help

 Establish and support First-gen student organizations  Create, and reward, leadership opportunities  Offer alternatives to remediation courses  Focus on the entire student lifecycle

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Websites for First-Gen Students

 www.iamfirst.org  www.nacada.ksu.edu  www.firstgenerationstudent.com  www.firstinthefamily.org  www2.edgov  www.collegeadmissioncoach.com