Navigating Transfer “Pivotal Points” in Challenging Contexts: A Longitudinal Investigation of STEM Transfer Students’ Pathways During COVID-19
Navigating Transfer “Pivotal Points” in Challenging Contexts: A Longitudinal Investigation of STEM Transfer Students’ Pathways During COVID-19
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10.1177/15210251231161576
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2023-03
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H. Thiry;R. Harper;Dana Holland Zahner
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作者：
H. Thiry;R. Harper;Dana Holland Zahner
长期以来，社区大学一直被吹捧为通过其转移功能增加社会流动性的途径，但这一承诺并不总是实现。本研究使用社区文化财富的视角，特别是理想资本、社会资本和导航资本的概念，来了解垂直转学生在大流行期间的经历和结果。在为期四年的时间里，对27名学生进行了纵向访谈，因为他们正在通过STEM专业的转学途径。在大流行之前或期间转学到大学的学生面临更大的学术和导航挑战，并报告获得社会资本的机会减少。学生们采用多种非正式的导航策略，并尽可能利用社交网络来保持学业进步。调查结果还揭示了转学接收部门，特别是获得支持性机构代理，在维持STEM转学学生在COVID-19期间的进步方面的重要性。
Community colleges have long been touted as a pathway to increase social mobility through their transfer function, yet this promise has not always been realized. This study uses the lens of community cultural wealth, particularly the concepts of aspirational, social, and navigational capitals, to understand vertical transfer students’ experiences and outcomes during the pandemic. Longitudinal interviews were conducted with 27 students over a four-year period as they moved through the transfer pathway in STEM majors. Students who transferred to a university immediately prior to or during the pandemic experienced greater academic and navigational challenges and reported diminished access to social capital. Students employed multiple, informal navigational strategies and drew on social networks, when possible, to maintain their academic progress. Findings also reveal the importance of the transfer-receiving department, especially access to supportive institutional agents, in sustaining STEM transfer students’ progress during COVID-19.