Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-28-2021

Publication Title

Frontiers in Education

Volume

6

First page number:

1

Last page number:

14

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Educational enrichment programs; Graduate education; Social capital; STEM--Science technology engineering mathematics; Students of color

Disciplines

Education | Higher Education | Race and Ethnicity | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology

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675 KB

Language

English

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