Spit Shined and Polished and Ready for College: a Critical Race Analysis of Program Directors’ Perspectives on the Contexts of College Access Programs

Author

Jillian Havard, Illinois State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

9-26-2017

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Department of Educational Administration and Foundations: Educational Administration

First Advisor

Pamela Hoff

Second Advisor

Mohamed Nur-Awaleh

Abstract

College access programs work to prepare underserved students for college admission and enrollment. It is important to identify how the assumptions of college access program leaders affect their common practices and implementation of programs serving African American students, as well as to identify the tensions that exist among theory, research and practice in the college access field. This qualitative study explores the perspectives of college access program directors on the contexts of college access program. Using critical race theory as a theoretical framework, the impact of whiteness, perpetuated by the college access of ideology, is examined.

Comments

Imported from ProQuest Havard_ilstu_0092E_11083.pdf

Recommended Citation

Havard, Jillian, "Spit Shined and Polished and Ready for College: a Critical Race Analysis of Program Directors’ Perspectives on the Contexts of College Access Programs" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 790.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/790

DOI

http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2017.Havard.J

Page Count

112