Closer to My Dreams: Exploring Black Women's Graduate School Aspirations and Community Uplift through a Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Approach
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| Title: | Closer to My Dreams: Exploring Black Women's Graduate School Aspirations and Community Uplift through a Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Approach |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | LaShawn Faith Washington (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Higher Education. 2025 96(6):1008-1034. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 27 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | African American Students, Females, Alumni, Womens Education, Attitudes, Graduate Study, Social Capital, Metropolitan Areas, Community Influence, Educational Experience, Graduate Students, Feminism, Cultural Capital |
| Geographic Terms: | Illinois (Chicago), Georgia (Atlanta), Louisiana (New Orleans), Michigan (Detroit), Nebraska (Lincoln), Nebraska (Omaha) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00221546.2024.2429977 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1546 1538-4640 |
| Abstract: | This qualitative study analyzed what shaped the aspirations of Black women graduate student alumnae to earn advanced degrees. Using an assets-based conceptual framework of Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Thought, findings suggested that the aspirational capital of Black women alumnae who obtained advanced degrees was fueled by other familial, navigational, resistance, and social capital and that they also implemented notions of Black feminisms within their trajectories into graduate education. Additionally, by bridging Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Thought, the data suggests a new form of capital, which we call community uplift capital, that is rooted in elevating one's community, family, and culture. The findings have implications for the recruitment and retention of Black graduate students and for stakeholders associated with graduate education matriculation. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1489750 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | This qualitative study analyzed what shaped the aspirations of Black women graduate student alumnae to earn advanced degrees. Using an assets-based conceptual framework of Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Thought, findings suggested that the aspirational capital of Black women alumnae who obtained advanced degrees was fueled by other familial, navigational, resistance, and social capital and that they also implemented notions of Black feminisms within their trajectories into graduate education. Additionally, by bridging Community Cultural Wealth and Black Feminist Thought, the data suggests a new form of capital, which we call community uplift capital, that is rooted in elevating one's community, family, and culture. The findings have implications for the recruitment and retention of Black graduate students and for stakeholders associated with graduate education matriculation. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-1546 1538-4640 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00221546.2024.2429977 |
