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Juan I. Ahumada – ProQuest LLC, 2023
First-generation college students (FGCS) experience a myriad of unique challenges when starting their university education, including perceiving themselves as being socially isolated on campus (Markowitz, 2016; Nazione et al., 2011; Wilkins, 2014), experiencing guilt as they leave behind academically family and friends (Banks-Santilli, 2015; Orbe,…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs, Summer Programs
Cofield, Candace – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation addresses the dynamic interaction between policies aimed at urban education reform and teachers' role in advancing policy objectives. It examines teacher agency in the context of proposed community and school change by focusing on teacher involvement with policy implementation. It investigates teacher views of their individual…
Descriptors: Urban Renewal, Teacher Empowerment, Educational Change, Educational Policy