AUTHOR=Garcia Ariana L. , Lane Tonisha B. , Rincón Blanca E. 

TITLE=Cultivating Graduate STEM Pathways: How Alliance-Based STEM Enrichment Programs Broker Opportunity for Students of Color

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.667976

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2021.667976

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=<p>To understand how higher education institutions <italic>broker</italic> graduate opportunities for Students of Color (SOCs) in STEM, we employ a single case study of a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) alliance. Drawing primarily from student interviews and informed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">Small’s (2006)</xref> organizational brokerage theory, our findings illuminate how 1) alliance-based STEM enrichment programs (SEPs) bridge social capital <italic>via</italic> interorganizational networks and 2) how SEP instability creates barriers to building the trust that is central to the brokerage process. We conclude with recommendations for future research and practice.</p>