Aspirational and Navigational Capital Contributing Factors of African American Father Students Postsecondary Programs Completion

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ID6432383
AuthorsLequarius Ruttlen, Richard C Zamora (0000-0001-6677-8585)
Year2025
Volume29
Issue1
Pages1-14
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1559-1646 • E-ISSN: 1936-4741
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s12111-025-09685-w
OpenAlexW4408736566
LanguageEN
References cited21

This systematic review employs Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) theory to understand African American Father Students’ (AAFS) completion of postsecondary programs. The most vulnerable individuals in the growing populations of student parents are AAFS and they face unique challenges in balancing dual identities of fatherhood and scholarship. The literature reveals a dearth in research on factors contributing to AAFS success. We explore the utilization of Aspirational and Navigational Capital, as contributing factors to AAFS postsecondary program completion. We address two questions: What support systems provide Aspirational and Navigational Capital to AAFS? How does acquiring these Capitals influence AAFS’s completion of postsecondary programs

Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Medical education · Postsecondary education · Career Development and Diversity · Early Childhood Education and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology

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