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ERIC Number: EJ1244900
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
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Integrating Critical Consciousness and Technology in Entrepreneurship Career Development with Diverse Community College Students
Cadenas, Germán A.; Cantú, Elizabeth Angélica; Spence, Tameka; Ruth, Alissa
Journal of Career Development, v47 n2 p162-176 Apr 2020
The United States faces shortages of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math enterprises, which are complicated by underrepresented minorities facing systemic barriers to their educational and career success. Addressing this, we used social cognitive career theory and critical consciousness to create a program named Poder (Spanish for "to be able to" and "power"). We analyzed interviews from 36 diverse community college students who experienced this 5-week program, which included mentoring and seed funding opportunities as they designed ventures addressing societal problems. Initial findings highlighted themes on how students developed and integrated critical consciousness, entrepreneurship self-efficacy, and technological understanding during Poder. Students displayed high expectations for entrepreneurship careers that leveraged technology to promote social change, as well as high expectations to persist through graduation and/or transfer to a 4-year university.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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