Building an Academic Nation through Social Networks: Black Immigrant Men in Community Colleges

Autor/in	Sutherland, Joanne A.
Titel	Building an Academic Nation through Social Networks: Black Immigrant Men in Community Colleges
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 35 (2011) 3, S.267-279 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Community Colleges; Social Networks; Immigrants; Males; College Outcomes Assessment; Transfer Policy; Social Capital; Phenomenology; Black Studies; African American Education; Ethnology; College Transfer Students; Student Educational Objectives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Community college; Community College; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sozialkapital; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ethnologie; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel
Abstract	Whether naturalized or native, a nation becomes stronger as individuals embrace opportunities for postsecondary education. President Obama's commitment to community college education through the American Graduation Initiative (AGI) will facilitate increased matriculation into community colleges, encourage students to transfer into four-year institutions, and ultimately create an academically affluent America. Research on students who transfer from community college to four-year institutions discusses this phenomenon from an institutional perspective; however, there is a dearth in the literature regarding how the Black student population, particularly Black immigrant men, engage in the transfer process in the academy. Social Network Theory is the framework through which the experiences of these men from various countries in the African Diaspora were examined during their transfer process in an American public university system. Data analysis revealed three major findings, including the forms of capital that influenced their academic choices and outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10