{"pk":2683,"title":"“I don’t think the university knows me.”:  Institutional culture and lower-income, first-generation college students.","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Recognizing the complex and diverse factors impacting first-generation and lower-income college student outcomes, this study seeks to explore the under-examined role of institutional culture on the experiences of these students. Using data gathered from interviews with 6 lower-income, first-generation college students participating in a TRIO Student Support Program at a large, public 4-year institution, we examine how institutional culture shapes student sense of self at the university. Results indicate that institutional culture manifests in two main ways: 1) through administrative and faculty perceptions and interactions, and 2) through peer perceptions of and interactions with social class. The results of this exploration highlight the complexity of the lower-income, first-generation college student experience and point to an opportunity to shift the discussion of these populations away from the use of a deficit language that focuses on the shortcomings of the student, and moves toward an acknowledgment of the role of the institution in the barriers that students face.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"first-generation, lower-income, belonging, institutional culture"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kj6m6r8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Erin","middle_name":"","last_name":"DeRosa","name_suffix":"","institution":"California State Polytechnic University, Pomona","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Nadine","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dolby","name_suffix":"","institution":"Purdue University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2013-08-11T18:24:12Z","date_accepted":"2013-08-11T18:24:12Z","date_published":"2014-06-18T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/2683/galley/1600/download/"}]}