African American and Latina(o) Community College Students' Social Capital and Student Success

Autor/inn/en	Sandoval-Lucero, Elena; Maes, Johanna B.; Klingsmith, Libby
Titel	African American and Latina(o) Community College Students' Social Capital and Student Success
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 48 (2014) 3, S.522-533 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Two Year College Students; Social Capital; Success; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Urban Schools; Focus Groups; Student Attitudes; Cultural Capital; Interaction; Peer Influence; Family Influence; Teacher Influence; Student Personnel Workers; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Erfolg; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schülerverhalten; Interaktion; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Using a framework of social and cultural capital, this study examined successful African American and Latina/o community college students. Based on focus group interviews with twenty two African American and Latina/o undergraduates at an urban community college, the authors reveal how social and cultural capital gained from students' relationships and interactions with friends, family, faculty members, student affairs staff and college support services impacted their successful college outcomes. In general, students identified social capital resources in the form of faculty relationships, supportive family, and campus engagement as sources of support for their college success. In addition, students showed personal determination to succeed against all odds displaying important aspirational capital as well. This research illustrates the importance of countering idea that first-time, full-time, four-year college attendance is the only path to college success, and the importance of social capital in helping underrepresented groups of students navigate the college completion process. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10