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ATTRITION IN A HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE READINESS SYSTEM: ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION (AVID)
(2017-12-13)
The purpose of this study is to examine the substantial attrition that occurs during the high school years in the college readiness system known as Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). The literature on this ...
Student Government Elections: The Experiences of Candidates and Their Perceptions of Political Efficacy
(2017-04-25)
This qualitative study fills a void in the research on collegiate student government elections by examining the experiences of 10 candidates for president and vice president at large, public, four-year universities in ...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS’ SUCCESS IN STEM FIELDS OF STUDY: THE IMPACT OF ENGAGEMENT ON BACCALAUREATE DEGREE ATTAINMENT
(2017-05-08)
This study focused on community college transfer students and sought to determine the extent to which their baccalaureate degree attainment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields of study can ...
Capturing the Impact of Career and Technical Education Participation on Graduation Likelihood
(2017-05-03)
Graduation rate is a common measure of public school system productivity. Previous literature indicates some of the characteristics known to be associated with disparities in graduation rates include associations of race ...
Case Studies of Women of Color Leading Community Colleges: Pathways to Reconfigure the Leadership Pipeline
(2017-08-08)
Using De Anda’s (1984) framework of Bicultural Socialization theory that indicates that individuals from minority groups have to learn to function in two environments, the environment of their own culture and that of the ...
The impact of participation in a coherent career and technical education course sequence on student discipline outcomes
(2017-05-03)
Disproportionalities in school discipline exist for children of color and those in other marginalized categories. Researchers consistently discover that the disparities cannot solely be contributed to differential behavior, ...
What Motivates Secondary Social Studies Teachers to be Politically Active: A Phenomenological Study
(2017-05-12)
Members of countries with democratic governments rely on the political involvement of its citizens to elect individuals to positions of power as well as to approve legislative initiatives that are presented for voter ...
Ideological and Legal Determinants of U.S. Courts of Appeals Judges' Voting in K-12 IDEA Reimbursement Cases Involving Children with Learning Disabilities
(2017-05-03)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the seminal federal legislation entitling children with disabilities to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). The law permits parents who contend their child ...
THE IMPACT OF SHARED LEADERSHIP ON A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CAMPUS
(2017-05-12)
Programs of career and technical education (CTE) have grown in popularity across the U.S; over 7.5 million students enrolled in one or more CTE courses during the 2013-14 school year (Association for Career and Technical ...