The Role of Social Network Locations in the College Access Mentoring of Urban Youth

This study uses social network analysis to describe the social network of college mentors in a college access program. Urban students in the program are paired with college mentors-students, professors, and other institutional agents-to help improve their college going process. The study analyzes the social networks within which the mentors are embedded, and highlights how different mentors have varying levels of social capital

Mathematics education · Medical education · Political science · Process (computing · Social capital · Social media · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social network analysis · Sociology · Computer Science · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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