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Vaval, Luronne; Bowers, Alex J.; Snodgrass Rangel, Virginia – Science Education, 2019
Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent that there is a typology of high schools based on their orientation toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as the extent to which school-level demographic variables and student high school outcomes are associated with subgroup membership in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, STEM Education, Longitudinal Studies
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Bowers, Alex J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Purpose: District effectiveness research (DER) is an emerging field concerned with identifying the organizational structures, administration, and leadership practices at the school district level that help districts find success with all of their students across the schools within the system. This work has mirrored much of the early school…
Descriptors: Research Design, Effective Schools Research, Site Selection, School Effectiveness
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Nunez, Anne-Marie; Bowers, Alex J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
This study examined the student and high school contextual factors associated with high school students' enrollment in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The authors drew on a conceptual framework of college choice involving the concepts of multiple capitals and individual and organizational habitus to examine the postsecondary trajectories of…
Descriptors: College Choice, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies, Student Educational Objectives