Defining "1.5 Generation College Student": The Case of Filipino Students in the US Context

Today on THESIS we speak with Dr. Tracy Lachica Buenavista about the term used in the US context: 1.5 generation college student. Dr. Buenavista is a Professor of Asian American Studies at the California State University, Northridge, where she also teaches courses on Educational Leadership and is the Co-principal investigator for the CSUN DREAM Center, the Asian American Studies Pathways Project, and the Ethnic Studies Education Pathways Project. Dr. Buenavista has conducted ample research on Asian American student experiences in higher education, and in this episode we discuss her work focusing on the experiences of 1.5 generation college students whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Philippines.