ERIC Number: EJ1317412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 20
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"I Want to Advocate for Our Kids": How Community-Based Organizations Broker College Enrollment for Underrepresented Students
Education and Urban Society, v53 n9 p1064-1083 Dec 2021
This exploratory study examines the role community-based organizations have in bridging low-income students of color to postsecondary institutions. Data came from interviews with organization staff, high school students, and college students associated with three distinct community-based organizations located in a mid-size city. The findings suggest that organization staff are well-positioned in youth, academic, and community social networks. Staff become social brokers across these networks through three steps: cultivating authentic and safe relationships, lessons from students, and becoming advocates. Community-based organization staff strategically advocate for underrepresented student college enrollment and admissions by serving as social brokers between students, schools, and their communities.
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Organizations, Enrollment, Disproportionate Representation, Access to Education, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, High School Students, College Students, Social Networks, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Attitudes, Student Empowerment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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