The Winding Path to Degree: Obstacles to Higher Education for Low-Income Single Mothers

A. Freeman
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Single mothers have the lowest rates of degree completion of any demographic group when they pursue higher education as a path out of poverty. This article explores the obstacles student mothers face when they pursue higher education. The lived experiences of participants add context to data about low rates of degree completion. Findings are based on a 3-year qualitative study, including 66 in-depth interviews with 37 unique participants of an anti-poverty program in Boston, Massachusetts. The study utilized a feminist action research framework, focusing on the marginalized voices of the students, combined with a constructivist grounded theory approach to collecting and analyzing the data. Obstacles to the mothers’ pursuit of higher education emerged in the following categories: (a) inflexible institutions, (b) dead ends, and (c) lack of career guidance. Suggestions for higher education institutions, government policies, and nonprofit organizations to better support single mother students are discussed.
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曲折的学位之路:低收入单身母亲接受高等教育的障碍
单身母亲在接受高等教育以摆脱贫困时,其学位完成率是所有人口群体中最低的。本文探讨了学生母亲在接受高等教育时所面临的障碍。参与者的生活经历为低学位完成率的数据增添了背景。研究结果基于一项为期3年的定性研究,其中包括对马萨诸塞州波士顿市一项反贫困项目的37名独特参与者的66次深入采访。该研究采用了女权主义行动研究框架,关注学生的边缘化声音,并结合建构主义理论方法收集和分析数据。阻碍母亲接受高等教育的障碍包括以下几类:(a)机构不灵活,(b)死路一条,(c)缺乏职业指导。讨论了高等教育机构、政府政策和非营利组织更好地支持单身母亲学生的建议。
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Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education
Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education Social Sciences-Gender Studies
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