Hi all, Sorry in advance for the crosspost, for some of you.
I'm currently working on my Ph.D. in Education, and I need one more participant for a study I'm doing for one of my qualifying exams. I'm writing in the hope that maybe one of you might either know someone who would qualify to be interviewed, or might be willing to send out a request to other people who know lots of college students, so that if they know someone who might qualify, they can get a hold of me. I'm looking for a male student who is the first in his family to go to college (a 4-year institution, specifically) and who comes from a working-class, Spanish-speaking family, preferably with first-generation immigrant parents (I don't ask questions about the parents, but with first-generation immigrant parents I can control for lack of knowledge about the American school system and college entrance requirements). The only other requirement is that the participant be around the same age as the other three people I've interviewed, to control for types of schooling experiences. So he'll need to be between 21 and 25 years old. I'll be basically asking about his educational trajectory, from elementary through college, and delving into exactly how he got onto a college-going track, and how he figured out how to get to college (trying to identify ways in which school policy can make college-going more common for students who have no "college knowledge"). I can do this interview by telephone or by Skype, though I would prefer to be there in person, if he's in Southern California. I'm planning to thank him with a small gift certificate as well, so I do my best to make the interview worthwhile for participants. If any of you might know someone who could be my last participant in this study, or even if you have contact with others who know lots of college students, please forward this request to them. I'm hoping to find someone within this next week. I can be contacted offlist at [email protected]. Thanks!! ~Stacy Kula _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
