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Student Perceptions Of Safety At Urban, Suburban, And Rural Community Colleges
(2016)
The purpose of this quantitative research was to investigate student perceptions of safety at urban, suburban, and rural community colleges using three community colleges in the mid-Atlantic region. The study also examined ...
A Microethnographic Case Study On Face-To-Face Teacher-Student Interactions In A Predominantly African American Classroom
(2018)
This qualitative micro-ethnographic case study explored the face-to-face interactions between a teacher and African American students in the classroom. The research was framed using critical pedagogy, culture, microaggressions, ...
School Administrtors' Leadership Challenges Implementing The Common Core State Standards Initiative In Schools With A Majority African American Student Population: A Narrative Inquiry
(2017)
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) has been adopted by forty-two states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of defense Education Activity (DoDeA). The intent of the CCSSI is to ...
Examining The Adjustment Problems Of Kenyan International Students Attending Colleges And Universities In The United States
(2012)
The literature on international students from Africa, and particularly Kenya, is very limited despite the significant number of Kenyan international students attending colleges and universities in the United States. ...
Student Engagement and Academic Success at a West Virginia Community College
(2018)
Prominent student engagement theorist Nora (2011) cited the assertion that models of student engagement “such as those underlying the National Study of Student Engagement and the Community College Study of Student Engagement, ...
The Impact Of Single-Sex Education On African American Student Achievement: An Analysis Of An Urban School's Reform Efforts
(2012)
The academic underperformance of African American males is nothing less than an epidemic that continues to limit their academic, career, and life opportunities. The complexities of meeting the academic needs of African ...
The Experiences Of English-Speaking Caribbean Students In American Schools
(2014)
This phenomenological study examined the perceived adaptation experiences of English-speaking Caribbean K-12 immigrant students in American Schools through the telling of their stories. These stories were substantiated ...
The Impact Of Early Alert Programs On Grades, Course Completion, And Persistence At A Mid-Atlantic Urban Community College
(2015)
New national priorities precipitated by the Completion Agenda are raising the bar for community colleges to help increase America's graduation rates. Higher education policymakers and practitioners are urging colleges to ...
First Generation College-Going African American Males' Perceptions: An Analysis of Factors That Influence Their Pursuit of Higher Education at a Historically Black University
(2019-10-24)
Presently, much is known about the motivational factors influencing students’ decisions to pursue higher education. However, there is a dearth of literature regarding the experience of first generation, African American, ...
Experiences of Troops to Teachers (TTT) in Marylad
(2019-10-28)
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Troops to Teachers (TTT) participants in Maryland to gain a deeper understanding of how they transitioned from being troops to their second tour of duty: being ...