The Midwest Research to Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education is a two day meeting held each fall at a major university in the Midwest United States
Perhaps the least visible and understood experience in the academy is that of immigrant
women of color This absence is connected to issues of power, privilege, discourse, and practices
that silence nonwestern voices in an increasingly globalized world. This paper explores the
creative tension immigrant women of color face as they try to negotiate identity and place in US
higher education.
(Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education, 2003) Alfred, Mary V.
This study explored the experiences of African American women as they transition from welfare to work and the barriers and challenges that impede their move to a position of economic selfsufficiency. The study found three systems of barriers to impede the women's progress. These include W-2 systems barriers, workplace barriers, and personal barriers. Removing the barriers must first be addressed before families can become self-sufficient.