Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations Committed to Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students Along the Academic Pipeline

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

We discuss four researcher-practitioner collaborations addressing inequity along the academic pipeline. The first talk utilizes surveys with a community organization to examine school discrimination among low-income youth of color. The second talk, in collaboration with school leaders, uses surveys and focus groups to document the challenges and recommendations of low-income, Latinx high school seniors as they transition to college. Using institutional data analysis and focus groups, the third talk examines the effects of and solutions for stigmatizing program messaging on marginalized students after the college transition. Finally, the fourth talk highlights recommendations, using surveys, for uncovering the hidden rules of universities that privilege dominant groups. Through diverse methodology, sampling, and working teams, we identify mechanisms of change to reduce inequality.

Sub Unit

• SIG-School Community, Climate, and Culture

Chair

• Rebecca Covarrubias, University of California - Santa Cruz

Papers

• "They Don't Want Us Here": Marginalized Student Experiences of Discrimination in Middle and High School - Tiffany Nicole Lockett, University of California - Santa Cruz

• Improving Holistic Support for Low-Income First-Generation College Students Through an Action Research Partnership - Ibette Valle, University of California - Santa Cruz

• "Breaking Us Down...to Build Us Up": Mixed Effects of Program Messaging on Borderline University Applicants - Rebecca Covarrubias, University of California - Santa Cruz

• Partnering With and Learning From Undergraduates to Uncover the University's Hidden Curriculum - Giselle Laiduc, University of California - Santa Cruz