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INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS’ IMPACT ON TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS
THROUGH THE AVENUE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
by
Paul William Jimenez
_______________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Paul William Jimenez
Object Description
| Title | Institutional agents' impact on tranfser student success through the avenue of social capital |
| Author | Jimenez, Paul William |
| Author email | paul.jimenez@lmu.edu;pjimene1@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-02-15 |
| Date submitted | 2012-04-30 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-01 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-01 |
| Date published | 2012-05-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Venegas, Kristan |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Bensimon, Estela Mosqueda, Cynthia |
| Abstract | This study demonstrates that institutional agents at the community college make a significant difference in the lives of students by supporting them during the transfer process. This study brings a critical perspective to the education field by giving a voice to institutional agents at the community college level. Utilizing the social capital theory framework and Stanton-Salazar’s (2001a; 2001b; 2004; 2006; 2010) concept of institutional agents, the researcher found that institutional agents played various support roles and provided several types of resources. It was necessary for participants to play several roles because students at the community college had a unique set of needs. ❧ This study used a narrative approach. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, self-assessments, and narrative summaries with 13 institutional agents. Findings suggest that: 1) institutional agents fulfill multiple roles; 2) establishing working relationships is key to the transfer process; and 3) life histories impact the roles that institutional agents perform. Connected to the three themes in this study, the data analysis revealed that the types of roles played by participants and the level of support they provided to students were based on four variables: 1) student’s needs; 2) the institutional agent’s experience; 3) the institutional agent’s level of expertise; and 4) the institutional agent’s professional role at the community college. Through the lens of the 13 participants, data emerged that can impact the work of practitioners at community colleges and four-year institutions. |
| Keyword | institutional agents; community colleges; transfer; social capital; transfer agents |
| 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-m |
| Rights | Jimenez, Paul William |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-JimenezPau-690-1.pdf |
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| Full text | INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS’ IMPACT ON TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH THE AVENUE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL by Paul William Jimenez _______________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 Paul William Jimenez |
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