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Item Examining the Impact of Minority Student Participation in Culturally Based Clubs and Organizations at Community Colleges(2019-10-30) Simpson, Jenelle Brandi; Bista, Krishna; Davis, Russell A.; Parsons, Michael H.; Community College Leadership Program; Doctor of EducationWhile there has been an increase of minority students looking to obtain degrees or certification in higher education, there has been a continued performance gap among minority students who attend community colleges. According to Chen (2018), minority students are overrepresented in terms of enrollment at community colleges but underrepresented among completers. The needs of underrepresented students are unique and community colleges are revitalizing various resources to restructure and redesign their student programs. This research examined the relationship between minority student involvement in culturally based clubs and organizations and their perception of marginality and mattering at their institutions. Data were collected using the College Student Experience Questionnaire (Gonyea, Kish, Kuh, Muthiah, & Thomas, 2003). The results of this study found that there was a significant, positive, moderate relationship between minority studentsā involvement in clubs and organizations and their experiences with cultural diversity. There was no significant relationship between age, gender, generational status, and minority community college studentsā interactions with peers and faculty members from diverse backgrounds.Item Exploring risk factors among female undergraduate college students reporting the experience of sexual violence: A comparative analysis of African Americans and Caucasians.(2011-05-18) Memiah, Peter Njoroge; Hossain, Mian Bazle; Doctor of Public HealthItem Gender, age, and grade level differences in attitude toward school for African-American middle school and high school students.(2011-05-18) Holmes, Gregory; McKay, Sylvester E.; Doctor of EducationItem Heirs to the problems of parental substance abuse: An ethnographic study of adolescents growing up in drug -involved families.(2004-10-07) Peterson, James A.; Prime, Glenda M.; Doctor of EducationItem Hip hop goes to college: A case study of community college faculty attitudes toward the hip -hop culture.(2006-10-03) Clark, Marco T.; McPhail, Christine Johnson; Doctor of EducationItem Impacting college students' attitudes toward mental illness.(2011-05-18) Verzinski, Becky L.; McKay, Sylvester E.; Doctor of EducationItem Preserving Race And Class: A Critical Ethnography Of Urban Art Museum Docents, Backstage And Frontstage Performances(2012) Rudham, Gretchen Bourland; Welsh, Benjamin H.; Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy; Doctor of EducationThis critical ethnography examined the culture of art museum docents interacting with K-12 students on museum tours. The research was framed using the three concepts of racial performance, theory of the leisure class, and speech acts. The literature at the foundation of the research was divided into two categories: safe and unsafe literature. This division of literature reserved space on the unsafe shelf for this ethnography to reside alongside literature explicitly exploring issues of race, class and power. The findings exposed how white privilege and leisure class membership manifested in docents' interactions with students. The time spent with museum docents highlighted the various dynamics of frontstage and backstage performances, and uncovered multiple, hidden meanings embedded in the speech acts of docents.Item Student Perceptions Of Classroom Incivility In Multiage Community College Classrooms(2016) Riley, Patricia Lynn; Spaid, Robin L.; Community College Leadership Program; Doctor of EducationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among age-related stages of development, other selected variables of student demographics (race/ethnicity, sex, full or part-time status, number of semesters enrolled in classes, enrollment in day or night classes, and enrollment in continuing education, developmental, or non-developmental classes), and student perceptions of classroom incivility. Student perceptions of incivility was conceptualized as the extent to which a student agreed or disagreed that specific behaviors negatively influenced the learning environment. The independent variables were student age, race/ethnicity, sex, full or part-time status, number of semesters enrolled in classes, enrollment in day or night classes, and enrollment in continuing education, developmental, or non-developmental classes. The dependent variable was student perceptions of classroom incivility on five components of classroom behaviors. Erik Erikson's theory of life span development served as the theoretical framework for this study (Sigelman & Rider, 2015). The Pew Research Center's (2015) system of generational analysis provided the method for grouping students by age. Research by Dayer-Berenson was used as a basis for exploring the cultural implications of other selected student demographics and perceptions of incivility (2012). Three research questions were developed to examine the relationship among age-related stages of development, other selected student demographics, and perceptions of classroom incivility. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographic data and explore perceptions of classroom incivility held by community college students. Inferential statistics were used to analyze data that compared age-related stages of development and differences in student perceptions of incivility. Inferential statistics were also used to address the relationship among other selected student demographics and student perceptions of classroom incivility. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by adding to the empirical research of age-related stages of development and student perceptions of incivility. It also fills in the gap of information about whether or not other selected student demographics influence student perceptions of classroom incivility.Item Success factors of African American men attending a public historically Black university.(2011-05-18) Palmer, Robert T.; Gillett-Karam, Rosemary; Doctor of PhilosophyItem The Correlation Between School Membership And Student Performance Of African American Males In Middle School(2017) Logan-Washington, Candice Sharae; Hayman, Warren; Education and Urban Studies; Doctor of EducationThe academic achievement and outcomes of African American males have been a major focus of educational reformers and policy makers for the last several decades. The literature has almost primarily focused on African American males' school experiences and performance in grades K-5 or in grades 9-12, neglecting the critical middle school years and the psychosocial factors that affect student performance. Utilizing Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological systems theory and Adler's theory of belongingness this quantitative study investigates if there is a correlation between school membership and student performance (attendance, grade point average and suspension) of African American males in middle school. A sample of 171, 7th and 8th grade African American males were surveyed using the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) scale. The findings of the research indicated that school membership was highly correlated with grade point average. The PSSM also provided meaningful patterns which uncovered that grade point average and other data sources were highly correlated and associated with caring relationships with teachers in the school environment for African American middle school males in this study. The findings offer insight into the importance of teachers in the ecological system of school, the role of grade point average as a key indicator of a sense of school membership and school membership as a an antecedent to positive student performance for African American males in middle school. The results, implications for practice, and expansion of current research and future research are discussed.Item The relationship of community college campus child care centers to the academic success of single mothers.(2011-05-18) Carey-Fletcher, Kathleen; Gillett-Karam, Rosemary; Doctor of Education