Tag: Alienation

Navigating Social Class Transitions in Higher Education: Alienation, Belonging, and Identity in First-Generation, Working-Class College Students

Young adults — college students — tend to form relationships with similar peers, based on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. This is called a homophilic relationship. One of these micro-processes of social-class mobility is a sense of alienation, further exacerbated with the...