Going at It Alone: Single-Mother Undergraduates' Experiences

Autor/in	Tamara Yakaboski
Titel	Going at It Alone: Single-Mother Undergraduates' Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 47 (2010) 4, S.463-481 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-6605
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Organizational Change; One Parent Family; Mothers; Undergraduate Students; Barriers; Academic Persistence; Student Experience; Feminism; Change Strategies; Stereotypes; Social Bias; Gender Bias; Equal Education; Rural Schools; Student Personnel Services; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Organisationswandel; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Mother; Mutter; Studienerfahrung; Feminismus; Lösungsstrategie; Klischee; Geschlechterstereotyp; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	The single-parent undergraduate is an underserved student population who face organizational barriers and negative climates. These barriers negatively impact their collegiate experience and could influence retention. This research uses feminist-informed focus groups to explore the single-parent undergraduate experience and posit suggestions for institutional change. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10