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Aspects Of The Student Engagement Of African American Men In Community College
(2012)
High attrition rates of African American college students' is a continuing concern of higher education administrators. This is particularly true of African American men attending community college. African American men ...
The Persistence Of African American College Men
(2010)
This study explored the family dynamics of persistent African American college men. These students were typical Black males, not those pre-categorized as high-achieving or unprepared for college. The stories of participants ...
How One Small, Private Non-Profit University Has Prospered During And After The Great Recesion: An Ethnographic Case Study
(2015)
This study examines the case of Stevenson University, a small, private, non-profit institution in Maryland that has prospered at a time when many such institutions are struggling to survive. The University traces its roots ...
International Student-Athletes' Retention At An Ncaa Division I Insitution
(2016)
Athletic programs at higher education institutions have been scrutinized due to the low retention and graduation rates of their student-athletes. However, despite numerous obstacles encountered by international student-athletes ...
Campus Childcare And The Influence Of The Child Careaccess Means Parents In School (Ccampis) Grant On Student-Parent Success At Communiity Colleges
(2013)
Attrition, or voluntarily leaving an educational institution before completion, is a critical issue at community colleges. Extensive research has been conducted and theories on student attrition have evolved. Previous ...
"We Bring Thee Our Laurels Whatever They Be:" A Concise History Of Morgan State Student-Led Protest
(2017)
Black students were major contributors in the fight for equality and civil rights. By the mid-1930s black college students were members of the “National Student League and the National Association for the Advancement of ...
Telling Their Stories: Women In Nigerian Higher Education
(2018)
This study investigated the successful experiences of the few Nigerian women who have ascended to leadership positions in Nigerian higher education institutions. In spite of the fact that Nigeria is hyper-masculine in ...
1000 Paper Cuts: Linguistic Portraits Illustrating the Emotional Toll of Underrepresentation on African American Female Professors at Maryland Community Colleges
(2018)
While community colleges are experiencing an increase in the number of minority students enrolling, there has been a lack of substantial growth in the acquisition and retention of full-time minority faculty. For full-time ...
Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of The Stem Careers Intervention Series: A Community College Mathematics Class Stem Recruitment Tool
(2018)
The purpose of this action based, qualitative methods case study was to evaluate, in collaboration of the researcher with a participant faculty member, the effectiveness of The STEM Careers Intervention Series, a prescribed ...
Striving For The Magis: An Ethnographic Case Study Of Transformative Learning And Sustained Civic Engagement At A Jesuit University
(2015)
This ethnographic case study describes how civically engaged students at a Jesuit institution understand their commitment to social change. Literature on civic engagement and service-learning abound, yet gaps exist in ...