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Considering practitioner influence on student success: Exploring community college faculty funds of knowledge.

Babb MichaelE.
UIID-AD: 2317
2015;75.

In the context of persistently low retention rates for underrepresented students of higher education, the role of the practitioner in the academic success scholarship is largely understudied. There is comparatively little scholarship on the ways in which the practitioner...

Race, gender and faculty advancement at american colleges & universities.

Bridgeforth JamesS.
UIID-AD: 1512
2015;75.

Women and people of color are underrepresented in the American professoriate; although the presence of female faculty and professors of color is beneficial to the academy on various levels, these groups often face many barriers and challenges throughout the...

The early college high school model as a means of reducing or eliminating the achievement gap for students from traditionally underrepresented populations.

Bramucci MatthewG.
UIID-AD: 1503
2015;75.

The existence of a gap in academic performance between various groups of students, such as minority and non-minority students or socioeconomically disadvantaged and advantaged students, has been the subject of public discourse and research for many years. Research has...

A critical portrait of student voice among community college students of color.

Nkosi JanineDeloris.
UIID-AD: 2000
2014;74.

This study utilized Freire's conscientização as a framework to understand the development of student voice among traditionally underrepresented students of color in a sociology classroom at a large community college in the Central Valley of California. Understanding how student...

A longitudinal analysis of minority career development programs in developing a viable health careers pipeline: Perspectives on policy and funding.

Washington KnitashaVernice.
UIID-AD: 2253
2014;74.

Minority health professions enrichment programs (MHPEP) have improved the viability of the healthcare workforce in promoting health equity. Improving the number of graduating underrepresented minorities (URM) into the health professions has been noted a key strategy for eliminating health...

A program evaluation of a policy intervention to increase racial diversity in the sciences and engineering.

Gomez Yepes RicardoLeon.
UIID-AD: 1729
2014;75.

This dissertation is an evaluation of an intervention designed to (a) increase the number of minority students who pursue graduate degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and (b) to develop a cadre of qualified individuals from...

An examination of how women and underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities experience barriers in biomedical research and medical programs.

Chakraverty Devasmita.
UIID-AD: 1560
2014;74.

Women in medicine and biomedical research often face challenges to their retention, promotion, and advancement to leadership positions (McPhillips et al., 2007); they take longer to advance their careers, tend to serve at less research-intensive institutions and have shorter...

Behavioral correlates of metastereotypes: The relationship between impression management and supervisor perceptions of women in stem.

Gilrane VeronicaL.
UIID-AD: 1719
2014;74.

Women are currently underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (i.e., STEM fields; Beutel & Nelson, 2005; Wilson, 2004), and while researchers have explored several reasons for the scarcity of women in STEM, a growing literature has investigated the...

Extending the field of college access: A critical ethnography on the organizational habitus of college-going in an urban Catholic high school.

Rodriguez PaulJoseph.
UIID-AD: 2104
2014;75.

Through a critical ethnographic methodology, this dissertation study utilizes a P-20 lens in analyzing the organizational habitus of college-going in an urban Catholic high school in South Texas. The primary theoretical framework of this study is Bourdieuian Social Reproduction...

Mathematical self-efficacy and understanding: Using geographic information systems to mediate urban high school students' real-world problem solving.

DeBay DennisJ.
UIID-AD: 1625
2014;74.

To explore student mathematical self-efficacy and understanding of graphical data, this dissertation examines students solving real-world problems in their neighborhood, mediated by professional urban planning technologies. As states and schools are working on the alignment of the Common Core...

Maximizing the benefits of collaborative learning in the college classroom.

Lam RachelJ.
UIID-AD: 1867
2014;74.

This study tested the effects of two kinds of cognitive, domain-based preparation tasks on learning outcomes after engaging in a collaborative activity with a partner. The collaborative learning method of interest was termed "preparing-to-interact," and is supported in theory...

Understanding the lived experiences of Black males regarding employee training and development in the workplace.

Whitaker Christopher.
UIID-AD: 2265
2014;75.

In spite of efforts by many firms to create a diverse workplace environment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues to report that the workplace representation of racial minority men and women in management positions remains disproportionately low. The...

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