Gatekeeping teaser

It’s interesting how the path you intend is rarely the one you end up on. What started as a Doctor of Business Administration capstone evolved into something else entirely. Along the way, formal responses, acknowledgments, and institutional correspondence, none of which were originally part of the plan, became part of the record. What’s interesting is how those materials functioned. What was issued as routine communication ultimately became reference points supporting the next stage of the work. The original research focused on gatekeeping in funding. Through the process itself, that same structure became visible in another system: knowledge production. Entry requires alignment. Autonomy follows credentialing. What began as a capstone became a thesis, and ultimately led to acceptance as a PhD researcher focused on systems-level institutional analysis. Sometimes the work isn’t being blocked. It’s being redirected.

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