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Fostering HOPE

A Narrative Case Analysis of One Teenage Mother’s Pursuit of a College Education

Michigan State University, East Lansing, sosulski{at}msu.edu

Angela Cunningham

University of Wisconsin-Madison, adcunningham{at}wisc.edu

Sherrill L. Sellers

University of Wisconsin-Madison, slsellers{at}wisc.edu

In this article, the authors analyze the experiences of one participant in HOPE, a pilot program that supports teenage mothers who want to pursue a college education. Using feminist standpoint and social capital theories, the analysis explores the meaning of themes that are interwoven throughout four narratives about family, education, college/dreams, and HOPE. Some emergent themes, such as key relationships and client-centered learning environments, are well known; others, like the client’s perception of ambivalent social messages about mother-student roles and the function of mentoring in the development of critical thinking, are less recognized but essential to extending theory about academic decision making

Key Words: critical social work • postsecondary education • teenage mothers

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