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The Broken Yellow Brick Road: A Narrative Exploration of the College-Going Decisions and Trajectory of a Low-Income Single Mother of Color

Department of Higher Education, School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences, Azusa Pacific University, 901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa, CA 91702, USA

Academic Editor: Han Reichgelt

Received: 29 July 2021 / Revised: 15 September 2021 / Accepted: 21 September 2021 / Published: 30 September 2021

Abstract

Communities frequently treated as 'have-nots' in higher education are a window into the condition of postsecondary education access, exclusion, inequities, and outcomes. This reality is no more evident than with the college-going trajectories of low-income single mothers of color. Evoking the possibilities of narrative inquiry in general, and life history method in particular, the author explores the college-going ecology, decisions, and trajectory of a 35-year-old low-income Filipina single mother. Through this empirical undertaking, particular attention is paid to the challenges present within the informant's context of information, time, and opportunity—the three dimensions of the Iloh Model of College-Going Decisions and Trajectories. Findings of this narrative include prolonged and disjointed experiences; poor navigational structures and asymmetries of information; and institutional constraints, barriers, and disregard. In addition to insights that reflect decision-making challenges and buyer's remorse of minoritized students; this study situates new directions for addressing concerning contexts of time, information, and opportunity for single mothers pursuing college. View Full-Text

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Iloh, C. The Broken Yellow Brick Road: A Narrative Exploration of the College-Going Decisions and Trajectory of a Low-Income Single Mother of Color. Educ. Sci. 2021, 11, 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11100601

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Iloh C. The Broken Yellow Brick Road: A Narrative Exploration of the College-Going Decisions and Trajectory of a Low-Income Single Mother of Color. Education Sciences. 2021; 11(10):601. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11100601

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Iloh, Constance. 2021. "The Broken Yellow Brick Road: A Narrative Exploration of the College-Going Decisions and Trajectory of a Low-Income Single Mother of Color" Education Sciences 11, no. 10: 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11100601

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Author Biographies

Constance Iloh

Constance Iloh is an anthropologist who explores institutional culture, access, and exclusion across the P-20 education pipeline and beyond. Dr. Iloh is an Associate Professor at Azusa Pacific University in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences and the Department of Higher Education. In particular, Professor Iloh examines the culture and business of postsecondary education and the consequences these infrastructures have on minoritized communities. One of her conceptual contributions is the Iloh Model of College-Going Decisions and Trajectories, a three-component contextual framework that illuminates how an assortment of students make decisions about higher education. Constance is passionate about moving past the confines of conventional qualitative research and thinking more expansively about its potential. Iloh's article, "Do it for the Culture: The Case for Memes in Qualitative Research" is published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. Dr. Iloh's work has been featured in Politico, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle, the Harvard Law Review, Medium, and National Public Radio (NPR). Constance Iloh is one of the few academics ever named to the change-agents and break-out stars of the Forbes 30 under 30 list. You can learn more about Dr. Iloh by visiting her website, www.constanceiloh.com.