Month: August 2023

AJE Feature | “What makes you, you”: The discursive construction of the self in U.S. college application essays by Sarah W. Beck & Amanda J. Godley

The full-length American Journal of Education article by Sarah W. Beck and Amanda J. Godley can be accessed here. As entry into four-year colleges becomes more competitive each year, equalizing opportunity in college admissions for first generation, low-income and racially and linguistically minoritized students remains a persistent challenge (Nietzel 2021; Serling 2019). There is a need for