{"id":707,"date":"2012-12-17T00:23:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T05:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2013-01-11T17:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T22:20:39","slug":"uslander","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/fellows-partnerships\/fellows-2012-13\/uslander\/","title":{"rendered":"Genevieve Uslander, 2012-2013 CLI Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genevieve Uslander ’13 is an Educational Studies and Hispanic Studies double major with a minor in Urban Studies. She is analyzing the social hurdles that Hartford Preparatory Program<\/a> students face in their transition from public to private school directly related to race, class and educational background.<\/p>\n

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Genevieve Uslander speaks during the November preliminary presentations.<\/p><\/div>\n

Project Title:<\/strong> Social Experiences of Hartford Students in Independent School Environments<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As products of the Civil Rights Movement, compensatory educational organizations\u2019 aims are to increase the representation of students of color in elite, white independent schools. Inspired by principles of social justice, they seek to make high-quality education accessible to all. This research focuses on the work of one such organization, the Pathway Academy. The academy is housed within the Hartford Preparatory Program (HPP). The motivation for this research is the lack of documentation on the social hurdles that minority students face in independent schools and the shortage of social programming to support these students. Fifteen phone interviews with Academy graduates were conducted and a mixed methods survey was employed.\u00a0 The analysis of these interviews found that while HPP students overwhelmingly praise the Academy for its academic rigor and preparedness, they nevertheless face significant challenges related to racial, economic and educational background isolation in social situations at their respective independent schools. Targeting the social hurdles that student experiences reveal, this research suggests that a mentoring program would be one helpful form of social programming for HPP students.<\/p>\n

Findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my research, I was surprised to learn that it is in fact the educational background that HPP students believe to be most influential in the social hurdles they face in private school. After conducting all 15 interviews and taking averages responding to the four factors below, educational background emerged as the dominant factor that influences social hurdles. This graph measures frequency in student responses; 7 students reported a 4 on a scale of 1-5 in measuring how influential their educational background was. Prior to my research and through my knowledge of related literature, I assumed race and class would influence the social hurdles that students experienced.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read more about her project:<\/p>\n

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