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PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE FOR HOMELESS ADOLESCENTS
by
Jarrett T. Gupton
____________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(EDUCATION)
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Jarrett T. Gupton
Object Description
| Title | Pathways to college for homeless adolescents |
| Author | Gupton, Jarrett T. |
| Author email | jtgusc@gmail.com; gupton@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-06-18 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-07-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Tierney, William G. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cole, Darrnell Ferguson, Kristin |
| Abstract | This dissertation pertains to the pathways to college for homeless adolescents. Although homeless adolescents are perhaps the most marginalized subpopulation in education, there is little research on homeless youth and postsecondary education. This research project examines the barriers and facilitators to success homeless youth experience along their pathways to college.; Utilizing structuration theory as an interpretive lens, this study focuses on the ways in which the participants’ educational pathways were constrained and enabled by social and cultural structures in addition to their own choices. Further, the dissertation considers the ways in which homeless youth might come to form a homeless identity and how it mediates their perspective on education. By employing an interpretive perspective this study moves beyond basic variables (e.g. race, socioeconomic status, and gender). It identifies how homeless adolescents construct their identities and suggests research-based policies to improve the lives of homeless youth.; Methodologically, this study employs qualitative research techniques and presents cultural biographies of each participant to provide a detailed portrait of how homeless youth come to define themselves and how they transverse educational systems to gain access to college. The significance of this study is not simply that it addresses a gap in the literature; rather, it relates to larger socio-cultural issues. By linking the theoretical insight to the narratives of homeless adolescents, this study provides evidence-based recommendations for research and policy. |
| Keyword | homeless; college access; cultural biography; structuration |
| 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 |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2435 |
| Rights | Gupton, Jarrett T. |
| 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-Gupton-3132 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume55/etd-Gupton-3132.pdf |
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| Full text | PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE FOR HOMELESS ADOLESCENTS by Jarrett T. Gupton ____________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (EDUCATION) August 2009 Copyright 2009 Jarrett T. Gupton |
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