Overcoming the Odds: Challenges and Successes of Sub-Saharan African Women Seeking Higher Education in the United States

Autor/in	Gatua, Mary Wairimu
Titel	Overcoming the Odds: Challenges and Successes of Sub-Saharan African Women Seeking Higher Education in the United States
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 20 (2009) 3-4, S.16-19 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; African Culture; Access to Education; Gender Differences; Womens Education; Higher Education; Personal Narratives; Females; Graduate Students; Transformative Learning; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Opportunities; Doctoral Programs; Family School Relationship; Foreign Students; Kenya; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Geschlechterkonflikt; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Erlebniserzählung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Pädagogische Transformation; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Doktorandenprogramm; Kenia; USA
Abstract	This article describes the challenges Sub-Saharan African women, including the author, have experienced in their pursuit of graduate studies in the United States and successful strategies that have been adopted. The author begins with a brief overview of the education of girls and women in Sub-Saharan African countries. She then explores the successes of women in achieving their learning goals by sharing her story of challenges and successes. In addition, she examines some narratives of African women as they negotiate their identity as custodians of African cultures, as well as their transformational learning as a framework for change. The author concludes with a discussion of how African educational policies might be changed to provide women with more opportunities in higher education and what US universities' educators might do to support African women in their studies. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: http://www.aaace.org/publications/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10