Dissertation
Deconstructing the impact of U.S. education policy on Marshallese communities: a postcolonial exploration of the Compact of Free Association (COFA)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Jun 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010597
Abstract
Many multicultural and multilingual students are experiencing discrimination in U.S. education settings. The need for advocacy of one ethnic group has made political and educational analyses an urgent endeavor. This critical ethnographic study highlights the experiences of four Marshallese young adults who graduated from U.S. classrooms paired with a critical discourse analysis of the unique Compact of Free Association (COFA) -- an international agreement between the U.S. and RMI renewed on March 8, 2024 for an additional twenty years -- to understand the various impacts of the fiscal and political relationship between the U.S. and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Grounded in postcolonial theory, this study advocates for multilingual communities like the Marshallese to help improve contemporary efforts toward educational equity and increase access, understanding, and support for the indigenous Marshallese communities both in the U.S. and abroad by highlighting the impact of the COFA treaty on the Marshallese and broader multicultural educational community.
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- Title
- Deconstructing the impact of U.S. education policy on Marshallese communities
- Creators
- Karena Alane Escalante
- Contributors
- Ayana Allen-Handy (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- x, 216 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021895614804721