The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students' Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Millions of college students in the United States lack access to adequate food, housing, and other basic human needs. These insecurities have only been exacerbated in recent decades by the country's neoliberal approach to higher education, with disproportionately negative consequences for histo...

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Autores principales:	Megan K. Schraedley, J. Jacob Jenkins, Molly Irelan, Megan Umana
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	neoliberalism basic needs organizational paradox higher education historically underserved Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ba544b8a3faa439faa749224b894ade52021-12-01T20:06:13ZThe Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students' Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.689499https://doaj.org/article/ba544b8a3faa439faa749224b894ade52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.689499/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XMillions of college students in the United States lack access to adequate food, housing, and other basic human needs. These insecurities have only been exacerbated in recent decades by the country's neoliberal approach to higher education, with disproportionately negative consequences for historically underserved populations (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, low-income students, and first-generation college students). For each of these reasons, this study explores the organizational paradoxes faced by students attending a public, 4-year Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in southern California. Drawing upon 30 semi-structured interviews with undergraduates who self-identified as historically underserved, our three-stage conceptualization of data analysis revealed three specific paradoxes: (1) provision vs. dependence, (2) sympathy vs. distancing, and (3) bootstrapping vs. unattainability. We conclude with practical and theoretical implications for alleviating the repercussions of neoliberal policies on today's college students.Megan K. SchraedleyJ. Jacob JenkinsMolly IrelanMegan UmanaFrontiers Media S.A.articleneoliberalismbasic needsorganizational paradoxhigher educationhistorically underservedNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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description	Millions of college students in the United States lack access to adequate food, housing, and other basic human needs. These insecurities have only been exacerbated in recent decades by the country's neoliberal approach to higher education, with disproportionately negative consequences for historically underserved populations (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, low-income students, and first-generation college students). For each of these reasons, this study explores the organizational paradoxes faced by students attending a public, 4-year Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in southern California. Drawing upon 30 semi-structured interviews with undergraduates who self-identified as historically underserved, our three-stage conceptualization of data analysis revealed three specific paradoxes: (1) provision vs. dependence, (2) sympathy vs. distancing, and (3) bootstrapping vs. unattainability. We conclude with practical and theoretical implications for alleviating the repercussions of neoliberal policies on today's college students.
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title	The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students' Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
title_short	The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students' Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
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The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students' Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

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