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Murúa, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper discusses a collaborative inquiry (CI) that explored a California community college program known as Puente. The purpose of the inquiry was to bring together different stakeholders involved with Puente---students, mentors, counselors, and instructors---to engage in group dialogue and share their perceptions about the functions of the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Community Colleges, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Silva, Janelle M.; Langhout, Regina Day – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Empowering settings are important places for people to develop leadership skills in order to enact social change. Yet, due to socio-cultural constructions of childhood in the US, especially constructions around working class and working poor children of Color, they are often not seen as capable or competent change agents, or in need of being in…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Working Class