On the School Adaptation Dilemma of Impoverished College Students under the Field Theory

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Abstract

The university stage is a critical period for students to transition from campus to society. Whether poor college students can successfully achieve school adaptation is not only related to their personal development and educational returns to families, but also has important implications for social talent supply and the national work of poverty alleviation and preventing poverty reversion. By combing relevant literatures and integrating the field theory, this paper deeply discusses the school adaptation problem of poor college students, analyzes the current situation, influencing factors, and action mechanisms they face in the adaptation process, points out the multi-dimensional dilemmas in learning, emotion, campus life, and interpersonal adaptation, and proposes the content that future research should further expand to facilitate the growth of poor college students and maintain social fairness.

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