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Transformations at the Intersection: Barriers and Opportunities in College Access

March 30, 2011

This community-based participatory research project engages 16 high school students, who are students in the Elon Academy, as co-researchers. Through interviews, focus groups, participant observation, surveys, and photovoice, the scholar-researchers explore how intersections of social location, e.g., race, class, gender, and sexuality, produce barriers to and opportunities for college access.

Elon Academy: Transforming lives

March 30, 2011

Elon Academy first-year college students are thriving on campuses across the state. We have 20 graduates studying at 13 different colleges and universities.