From student to immigrant: the diasporization of the African student in the United States

Laosebikan, Olanipekun

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Title

From student to immigrant: the diasporization of the African student in the United States

Author(s)

Laosebikan, Olanipekun

Issue Date

2012-06-27T21:19:31Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Span, Christopher M.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Span, Christopher M.

Committee Member(s)

• Anderson, James D.
• Pak, Yoon K.
• Ndimande, Bekisizwe S.

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Non-return
• higher education
• African students
• African Diaspora
• Diasporization.

Abstract

This dissertation examines African student non-return within the larger historical pursuit of higher education in the United States by African students. Non-return by African students as addressed in this study is a process more than two centuries old extending directly across four defined phases of African student migrations. Key primary documents including the autobiographies of African students, correspondence between African students and other primary agents of African student migrations as well as oral interviews from African students turned permanent settlers from the fourth phase of African student migrations to the United States, are utilized in this dissertation. The perspectives of the non-returning African student in this dissertation address three important areas central to analyzing non-return; first, the factors that shaped the choices of non-returning African students to study in the United States; second, the social and cultural experiences encountered as a part of their educational migrations; and last, the decision to non-return. Non-return as articulated through interviews in this dissertation and supported by other primary and secondary source documentation is identified as a fluid process constantly shifting in response to internal and external pressures as well as historical and contemporary forces.

Graduation Semester

2012-05

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