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Podcast: THESIS: Trends in Higher Education Systems in International Spheres
Episode: Keeping the Hustle: First-Gen Students in Ghana and Zanzibar, Tanzania
Description: Today we are discussing the capacity for first generation students in Ghana and Zanzibar, Tanzania, to "hustle." We are joined by Dr. Millicent Adjei, Director of Diversity and International Programs & Leadership Lecturer at Ashesi University in Ghana and Dr. Emily (Markovich) Morris, a Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education. Emily and Millicent, who met during their PhD program in comparative and international development education at the University of Minnesota, co-authored a thought-provoking paper titled "First Generation Students Navigating Educational Aspirations in Zanzibar and Ghana” where they developed Dr. Adjei’s concept of “hustle” for first generation students...