Cultivating Graduate STEM Pathways: How Alliance-Based STEM Enrichment Programs Broker Opportunity for Students of Color

Cultivating Graduate STEM Pathways: How Alliance-Based STEM Enrichment Programs Broker Opportunity for Students of Color

To understand how higher education institutions broker graduate opportunities for Students of Color (SOCs) in STEM, we employ a single case study of a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) alliance. Drawing primarily from student interviews and informed by Small’s (2006) organizat...

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Main Authors: Ariana L. Garcia, Tonisha B. Lane, Blanca E. Rincón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
Subjects:
social capital
educational enrichment programs
graduate education
students of color
STEM—science technology engineering mathematics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.667976/full
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Summary:To understand how higher education institutions broker graduate opportunities for Students of Color (SOCs) in STEM, we employ a single case study of a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) alliance. Drawing primarily from student interviews and informed by Small’s (2006) organizational brokerage theory, our findings illuminate how 1) alliance-based STEM enrichment programs (SEPs) bridge social capital via interorganizational networks and 2) how SEP instability creates barriers to building the trust that is central to the brokerage process. We conclude with recommendations for future research and practice.
ISSN:2504-284X

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