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Direct linkChang, June C. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
The present study describes the level of faculty-student interaction on 2-year college campuses, examines student characteristics correlated with faculty contact, and considers how interaction may differ among racial subgroups of students. Using data collected from the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) survey, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Community Colleges, Minority Groups, College Faculty
Brown, Lionel – Urban Education, 2004
Alarming numbers of students, particularly minority students, are being suspended and expelled from our nation's schools. The surface issue is discipline; however, the underlying issues are literacy and barriers to academic success. To address these issues, a large urban district opened a new school for students who were not succeeding in…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, School Community Programs, Discipline Problems, Academic Achievement
Rueda, Robert; Monzo, Lilia D.; Higareda, Ignacio – Urban Education, 2004
This article examines the sociocultural scaffolding practices of 24 Latino paraeducators and 8 former Latino paraeducators (who had recently become teachers) as they worked with Latino students in two large urban schools. Instances were observed in which participants used important funds of knowledge in their interactions with students during…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Hispanic Americans, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Minority Group Teachers
