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REGIONAL ACCREDITATION OF SOUTHERN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(2021-12-16)
Higher education regional accreditation presents problems for colleges and universities in the Southern states. Research on regional accreditation has focused on qualitative approaches to understand how institutions ...
THE LATINX STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT AN ELITE COLLEGE IN TEXAS
(2021-05-03)
Increased enrollment of Latinx students in college has led to reshaping the landscape of American higher education, diversifying college enrollment and degree completion. This qualitative study explored the lived experience ...
BLACK [OUT]: DISCIPLINE INEQUITY MATTERS FOR BLACK FEMALES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL
(2021-06-02)
Nearly 3.5 million American students (K-12) experience some form of ostracization from educational settings yearly in the form of In-School-Suspension (ISS), Out-of-School suspension (OSS), or expulsion. Impact research ...
SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS FOR BLACK BOYS IN AMERICA: A CASE STUDY
(2021-04-30)
The underperformance of Black boys attending public schools in the United States of America is a concern among parents and communities who believe that coeducational schools (CE) are failing to meet the learning needs of ...
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH ACADEMIC ADVISING AT A PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS
(2021-05-05)
A missing component in the current international student literature is how international Indian graduate students adjust academically and socially to a new learning environment and how academic advising influences international ...
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS THAT HELP BRIDGE THE SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
(2021-08-16)
English language learner (ELL) students account for 19.6% of the Texas public school system (Texas Education Agency, 2019). National and state assessment data showed a learning gap between ELL students and their non-ELL ...
THE OVERLOOKED MAJORITY: THE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW FIELD-TRAINED COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONALS
(2021-08-10)
Community colleges play a crucial role in the educational outcomes of the communities they serve. Two-year colleges often have fewer staff than their four-year counterparts, many of whom are fulfilling more than one ...
UN-MAKING THE GRADE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES AND PROPERTY VALUES
(2021-08-02)
The relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and achievement is well documented. While federal and state accountability systems have attempted to close achievement gaps for economically disadvantaged students, ...
PRINCIPAL RETENTION: THE PERCEPTIONS OF VETERAN SECONDARY PRINCIPALS WHO REMAIN IN THEIR ROLES AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS
(2021-08-10)
The role of school principals has changed from being managers to instructional leaders. As a result, many principals do not feel prepared to lead under these conditions, in which some leave their campuses within the first ...
SCHOOL CHOICE AND UNIVERSITY-MODEL SCHOOLS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
(2021-05-06)
This qualitative phenomenological study fills a void in the existing research on school choice by including the University-Model® school to the literature. Through purposeful sampling, seven parents of students enrolled ...