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Teacher Perception of Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies That Have the Greatest Impact on the Engagement of African American Male Students
(2019-04-05)This mixed method studied teacher perceptions of culturally relevant teaching practices as a viable methodology to better engage African American male students in the learning process. More specifically, the researcher ... -
Roger Mais's Protest Novels: A Revolt and Self-Affirmation Mandate for Marginalized Blacks
The problem of this study was to examine how Black marginalized individuals in the Caribbean use hybrid cultural practices—religion, family life, and creative arts—to protest societal dictates and simultaneously affirm ... -
Examining the Relationship Between HBCU Faculty Online Education, Innovativeness and Attitudes Towards Computers
(2019-04-01)Recent research highlights the relationship between levels of innovativeness, the use of online learning technologies and attitudes toward computers. Most of the research in this domain has been conducted in PWIs (Johnson, ... -
Examining Faculty Perceptions of Students' Information Literacy Competencies in a Community College General Education Program
(2019-10-31)Years of declining public funding for two-year colleges have resulted in an increased dependence on part-time or contingent faculty members, who cost institutions less in salaries and benefits. Part-time faculty members ... -
The Effect of Cellphone Usage on Driving Performance Using an Eye Tracking System and a Driving Simulator
(2019-10-24)In 2016 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that 10% of fatal crashes, 18% of injury crashes, and 16% of all police-reported motor vehicle crashes resulted from distracted driving. Thus ... -
Examining the Impact of Minority Student Participation in Culturally Based Clubs and Organizations at Community Colleges
(2019-10-30)While 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 ... -
A Case Study of Community College Students' Perceptions Regarding iPad Use and Their Academic Achievement
(2019-03-20)The TRiO Program is not an acronym; it refers to a number (initially three, now eight) of U.S federal programs, which increase access to higher education for economically disadvantaged students. TRiO programs are designed ... -
Students' Preceptions of School Climate and Its Impact on Learning in Title I and Non-Title I Schools
(2019-04-01)The achievement gap that exists between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds has been a topic of academic discourse among educational leaders for countless years. Policymakers and researchers have offered a ... -
A Finance Perspective to Risk-Sensitive Optimal Control with Regime Switching and Applications
(2019-10-18)In this work, we briefly review the literature on stochastic optimization problems using the Pontryagin Maximum Principle. Then, we investigate the procedure for solving a risk-sensitivity stochastic maximum principle problem ... -
Community College Faculty & Technology: Integrating Technology in Face to Face Courses
(2019-03-29)The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to evaluate community college faculty use of technology modalities (face-to-face interaction, on-line interaction, e-learning, and social networking technologies) as ... -
Expanding Health Service Delivery in St. Marc, Haiti: A Case Study in Capacity Building and Infrastructure Development Within an Emerging Coalition
(2019-03-29)The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions and actions of a cross- sector, transdisciplinary group of collaborators as they worked to enhance health delivery services in the region of St. Marc, Haiti. Areas ... -
Examining the Relationship Between Health Center Program Financing, Medical Services Utilization and Controlled Hypertension Among Maryland Community Health Centers from 2008 and 2013
(2019-03-29)Using a conceptual model adapted from the Aday and Andersen’s (1974) framework, this study aims to examine the relationship between health center program financing, medical services utilization, and controlled hypertension ... -
Promoting Parental Involvement in Urban Elementary Schools: Perceptions and Experiences of Principals, Parents, and District Office
(2019-04-01)Parent participation continues to decline among African American communities in urban schools. Parental involvement is essential to closing the achievement gap in urban schools. This grounded theory study explored the ... -
A Markovian Optimization Model for Pavement Maintenance Using Policy Iteration Algorithm with Discounted Road-User and Agency Costs
(2019-04-03)The widespread deterioration of roadways necessitates studying the adverse impact on energy consumption, vehicle maintenance, traffic flow, travel time, and the environment, and identifying effective maintenance strategies ... -
The Influence of Summative Teacher Evaluation on Urban Veteran Teachers' Instructional Practices
(2019-10-25)In 2010, many states and local school districts had to create high-quality teacher evaluation systems that considered more than just subjective teacher observations, which school leaders developed, to compete for federal ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) on the Rates of Hospitalization and Readmission Among the Beneficiaries in Washington, DC Using a Cross-Sectional Survey
(2019-10-07)According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), inpatient hospitalization remains the sector with the highest level of Medicare FFS spending growth, jumping from $125 billion in 2006 to $141 billion in ... -
Synthesis, DNA Binding Studies and Anticancer Properties of Organorhenium Sulfonato Complexes
(2019-10-25)Cancer is a worldwide concern. It is the second leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and the leading cause of death in many states. The most effective treatments currently being used for cancers ... -
Bioinformatic Analysis and Design of a GLUT3 Construct to Examine Cell Surface Expression
(2019-10-25)Glucose transporter type 3 (GLUT3) expression at cell surface plays a vital homeostatic function in neurons. However, the mechanism involved has yet to be fully examined. We devise a strategy to tag a rat GLUT3 cDNA clone. ... -
Trade Space Analysis of Receiver Architectures with Non-Linearity Performance Evaluation for Digital Microwave Radiometers in Radio-Frequency Interference Environment
(2019-11-06)Microwave radiometers are highly sensitive receivers that remotely measure the average power of natural thermal emissions from the Earth’s surface and its atmosphere. This measured power is converted to brightness temperature ... -
Examining the Persistence Factors for Minority and White Female Students at Rural Community Colleges in Ohio
(2019-03-16)The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine persistence factors of Minority and White female students at three rural community colleges in Ohio. The study also examined the demographic characteristics of female ...