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Delineating The Ways That Key Institutional Agents Provide Racial Minority Students With Access To Social Capital In College
Journal of College Student Development (2012)
  • Samuel D. Museus, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Kathleen M. Neville
Abstract
This study focuses on the characteristics of institutional agents who can and do facilitate racial minority student success by providing them with access to social capital in college. Individual semi-structured interviews with 60 Asian American, Black, and Latino undergraduates reveal that key institutional agents who positively influence those participants’ success and provide them with access to social capital share four common characteristics: They (a) Share common ground with those students, (b) provide holistic support for those students, (c) humanize the educational experience, and (d) provide proactive support for those students. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Publication Date
May, 2012
DOI
10.1353/csd.2012.0042
Citation Information
Samuel D. Museus and Kathleen M. Neville. "Delineating The Ways That Key Institutional Agents Provide Racial Minority Students With Access To Social Capital In College" Journal of College Student Development Vol. 53 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 436 - 452
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kathleen-neville/1/