Family, Community, and Higher Education [Paperback]

This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for family as knowledge producers and educational allies. This book spotlights the family unit as a critical factor within the educational experienceone that prepares, supports, and sustains educational achievement through both everyday simple lessons and critical and difficult family challenges. Through these experiences, families teach the lessons of survival that often help students to persist in college.

Introduction: Family First  Toby S. Jenkins  Section I: Family  1. Its a Family Affair: The Journey to College  Billy Brown and Breanna Brown  2. Love Lessons from The Hood   Ashley Hazelwood  3. Home Training: Family, Struggle, Resilience, and Everything in Between  Anthony R. Keith, Jr.  4. Speaking Those Things That Be Not As Though They Are: The Role of Faith in Caregivers Educational Hopes for Their Differently-Abled Son  Michael and LaChan V. Hannon  Section II: Mothers  5. Extending a Hand: Grateful My Grandmother Raised Me  Ce Garrison  6. Mama Says: Activist, Pedagogue, and Feminist?  Crystal L. Endsleywith Clara Endsley  7. A Generation Makes a Difference: A Mother and Daughter Reflect on Life and College  Joan Marie Giampa and Giovanna Bargh Fini  8. Mother May I? A Daughter of a Low-Income, First-Generation, Single Parent Household Goes to College  Sinitra N. Johnson lã'