Local Cosmopolitans and Cosmopolitan Locals: New Models of Professionals in the Academy

This essay critically examines the centrality of mobility to the model of being a higher education professor or a student affairs professional. Using three narratives of lower-income Latino students about their educational and professional choices, we offer a reading based on Gouldner's classic...

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Published in:Review of higher education 2008-12, Vol.31 (2), p.209-235
Main Authors: Rhoades, Gary, Kiyama, Judy Marquez, McCormick, Rudy, Quiroz, Marisol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Aspiration
Careers
College Faculty
College students
Community Relations
Doctoral Programs
Educational Attainment
Educational psychology
Faculty Promotion
Graduate Students
Higher education
Hispanic American Students
Low Income Groups
Masters Degrees
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
National Norms
Norms
Occupations
Professional ethics
Professions
Psychology
Racial Factors
Reference Groups
Research Universities
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Influences
Student Personnel Services
Student Personnel Workers
Students
Universities
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Summary:This essay critically examines the centrality of mobility to the model of being a higher education professor or a student affairs professional. Using three narratives of lower-income Latino students about their educational and professional choices, we offer a reading based on Gouldner's classic conception of cosmopolitans and locals, and on Baez's more recent discussion of critical agency and race-related service. We suggest the value of a model that rebalances cosmopolitan engagement in the national profession with knowledge of and commitment to the local community and to social change. (Contains 7 footnotes.)
ISSN:0162-5748
1090-7009
1090-7009
DOI:10.1353/rhe.2007.0079