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EXAMINING THE NETWORKS OF PROGRAM LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPONENT OF THE PUENTE PROJECT
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A SOCIAL CAPITAL FRAMEWORK
by
Cristina Castelo Rodriguez
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements of the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Cristina Castelo Rodriguez
Object Description
| Title | Examining the networks of program leaders in the community college component of the Puente Project within the context of a social capital framework |
| Author | Rodriguez, Cristina Castelo |
| Author email | cristina_ucla@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-01 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-06-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hirabayashi, Kim |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Baca, Reynaldo Cardoza, Raul |
| Abstract | This study focuses on social capital theory and the community college component of the Puente Project. Specifically, this research study analyzes the social capital of intervention program leaders. The specific questions that guided this study included, what are the characteristics, features, and composition of the social resource networks of intervention program coordinators? What are some of the factors that facilitate or constrain the program leader's access and mobilization of resources on behalf of themselves, students, program associates, and the program agenda? How do program coordinators work to enhance the program participants' social networks so that participants themselves become independent and learn to network and access resources? How do program coordinators deal with the pressures associated with being a program leader? The results suggest that program leaders must be conscious of social capital, the composition of their own networks, and in providing students with opportunities to network. Secondly, program leaders must actively choose to activate their social capital on behalf of the program and their students. Third, program leaders must develop relationships with individuals and not rely on the referral system as this is not social capital. Additionally, an equal balance of capital between coordinators is imperative such that the program does not rely on only one coordinator's network. Furthermore, hiring committees need to be conscious of social capital and assess potential candidate's level of social capital and help-seeking orientation. Lastly, proper training of program leaders is imperative to help the program coordinators, students, and program thrive. In the end, more empirical research needs to be invested in studying institutional agents as the concept of institutional agents has been both understudied and undertheorized in social capital research. |
| Keyword | social capital; higher education; Puente Project; minority academic achievement |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m566 |
| Rights | Rodriguez, Cristina Castelo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Rodriguez-20070628 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Rodriguez-20070628.pdf |
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| Full text | EXAMINING THE NETWORKS OF PROGRAM LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPONENT OF THE PUENTE PROJECT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A SOCIAL CAPITAL FRAMEWORK by Cristina Castelo Rodriguez ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2007 Copyright 2007 Cristina Castelo Rodriguez |
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