Stafford, Casey2013-11-072013-11-072013-06https://hdl.handle.net/11299/159931University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2013. Major: Educational Policy and Administration. Advisor: Dr. Frances Vavrus. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 242 pages, appendix p. 245-247.This study explores and interrogates dominant representations of African university students by examining how students conceptualize and act upon their own agency. Using a qualitative case-study approach, the author examines how students actively confront the ideological and material conditions presented by schooling.en-USActivismDevelopmentHigher EducationSenegalStudent agencyThesis or Dissertation