Working in the Margins: A Study of University Professionals Serving Marginalized Student Populations
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Dawn D. Wallace
The purpose of this research is to gain some understandings of how university professionals who work with marginalized student populations perceive their professional work as situated within a university context. The professionals in this study work in federal TRIO programs that serve first-generation, low-income students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the academy. We hope this research furthers understanding of TRIO programs and their impact on underrepresented students. Specifically, we discuss TRIO professionals’ perspectives on how their institutional context affects their ability to serve students. We focus on the ways institutional participants understand and value these programs, as well as on the ways that institutions could be more supportive of TRIO programs.
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- Working in the Margins: A Study of University Professionals Serving Marginalized Student Populations
- Assessing the Impact of New Student Campus Recreation Centers
- Blending Two Worlds: Religio-Spirituality in the Professional Lives of Student Affairs Administrators
- Exploring the Essence of Spirituality: A Phenomenological Study of Eight Students with Eight Different Worldviews
- The Role of Principles, Character, and Professional Values in Ethical Decision-Making
- Friends from Home: Asset and Liability to African American Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution
- Doctoral Student Learning and Development: A Shared Responsibility
- Alcohol Consumption in Undergraduate Students: The Role of Ego-Identity Status, Alcohol Expectancies, and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy
- Campus Social Climate Correlates of Environmental Type Dimensions
- Heterosexual Student Leader Attitudes Regarding Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students
- NASPA Journal, Summer 2004, Voume 41, Number 4
Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Working in the Margins: A Study of University Professionals Serving Marginalized Student Populations
- Assessing the Impact of New Student Campus Recreation Centers
- Blending Two Worlds: Religio-Spirituality in the Professional Lives of Student Affairs Administrators
- Exploring the Essence of Spirituality: A Phenomenological Study of Eight Students with Eight Different Worldviews
- The Role of Principles, Character, and Professional Values in Ethical Decision-Making
- Friends from Home: Asset and Liability to African American Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution
- Doctoral Student Learning and Development: A Shared Responsibility
- Alcohol Consumption in Undergraduate Students: The Role of Ego-Identity Status, Alcohol Expectancies, and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy
- Campus Social Climate Correlates of Environmental Type Dimensions
- Heterosexual Student Leader Attitudes Regarding Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students
- NASPA Journal, Summer 2004, Voume 41, Number 4
