Beschreibung:
<jats:p>This article describes how African American women community college students portray their attempts to achieve upward social mobility via college attendance. We focus in particular on the role of interpersonal relationships in this process. All kinds of supportive relationships are seen as important, but unsupportive friends and faculty are generally ignored. However, unsupportive family members present real obstacles to the ability and desires of these women to achieve their educational goals.</jats:p>