Research Blog #2: Scouting the Territory

Where do I stand on my topic idea?

My topic idea has not really changed since Blog #1. After reading Paying for the Party and Walden on Wheels, I became extremely interested in seeing if we are the only country dealing with the sort of problems students faced in these stories in terms of the effect social class and debt has on the overall experience. I may, however, choose to somehow incorporate the college experience form the point of view of a minority or first-generation student - something I feel was underrepresented in the readings.

What I found online

I mostly found statistics on graduation and college acceptance rates for first generation college students. However, I was looking for a more specific type of student - students who are born in America but have immigrant parents. It helped to use search terms such as "acculturation" and "immigrant students".

Important Articles

"Dimensions of Acculturation: Associations With Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students From Immigrant Families" 

"Gender, Ethnicity, and Acculturation in Intergenerational Conflict of Asian American College Students"

Ideas from the search

Acculturation seems to be a big theme in many articles that relate to my topic. I may dedicate a portion of my paper to this issue.

Resources uncovered

http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.11.0a/ovidweb.cgi?WebLinkFrameset=1&S=NKHHFPIMMODDJOCGNCMKPBMCNNJJAA00&returnUrl=ovidweb.cgi%3fMain%2bSearch%2bPage%3d1%26S%3dNKHHFPIMMODDJOCGNCMKPBMCNNJJAA00&directlink=http%3a%2f%2fgraphics.tx.ovid.com%2fovftpdfs%2fFPDDNCMCPBCGMO00%2ffs046%2fovft%2flive%2fgv023%2f00001192%2f00001192-201101000-00009.pdf&filename=Dimensions+of+Acculturation%3a+Associations+With+Health+Risk+Behaviors+Among+College+Students+From+Immigrant+Families.&link_from=S.sh.22%7c1&pdf_key=FPDDNCMCPBCGMO00&pdf_index=/fs046/ovft/live/gv023/00001192/00001192-201101000-00009

This article is almost perfect as a resource for my topic. It provides statistics and situations directly from first generation immigrant college students.

http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.11.0a/ovidweb.cgi?QS2=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

This article also provides more in terms of research and statistics.

Controversies

I have not yet found any controversies involving my topic.