Using Segmented Assimilation Theory to Enhance Conceptualization of College Participation

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" Using Segmented Assimilation Theory to Enhance Conceptualization of College Participation "
Nuñez, Anne-Marie

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	938034
Doc. No	:	LA78p1c36x
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nuñez, Anne-Marie
Title & Author	:	Using Segmented Assimilation Theory to Enhance Conceptualization of College Participation [Article]\ Nuñez, Anne-Marie
Title of Periodical	:	InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1
Date	:	2004
Abstract	:	This paper examines the commonly used integration theory of student retention in higher education through the lens of an emerging theory of immigration used in the sociology of education. By discussing how segmented assimilation theory may apply to the study of college student persistence, this essay explores alternative ways of viewing student persistence that recognize the possibility of multiple pathways of college participation and of community membership. Accordingly, it suggests how integration theory can incorporate insights from more recent research on minority students’ experiences and newer theoretical developments in the study of student development and persistence.