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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 27
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Local Cosmopolitans and Cosmopolitan Locals: New Models of Professionals in the Academy
Rhoades, Gary; Kiyama, Judy Marquez; McCormick, Rudy; Quiroz, Marisol
Review of Higher Education, v31 n2 p209-235 Win 2008
This essay critically examines the centrality of mobility to the model of being a higher education professor or a student affairs professional. Using three narratives of lower-income Latino students about their educational and professional choices, we offer a reading based on Gouldner's classic conception of cosmopolitans and locals, and on Baez's more recent discussion of critical agency and race-related service. We suggest the value of a model that rebalances cosmopolitan engagement in the national profession with knowledge of and commitment to the local community and to social change. (Contains 7 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Social Change, Student Personnel Services, College Faculty, Student Personnel Workers, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Groups, Personal Narratives, Racial Factors, Social Attitudes, Models, Social Influences, Minority Groups, Academic Aspiration, Educational Attainment
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Education Level: Higher Education
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