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Sonia De La Torre – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Latinas are underrepresented in top level leadership positions in higher education, comprising a small fraction of the 5% of women of color who serve as college and university presidents. Recent data revealed that the number of Latinas in senior-level leadership positions decreased, signaling a concerning downward trend. While much research has…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Women Administrators, Hispanic Americans, Administrator Attitudes
Andretta, James R.; Worrell, Frank C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022
The Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory--Time Attitude Scales (AATI-TA) were used to examine the association between time attitudes and self-reported academic and social-emotional outcomes in 967 academically talented adolescents (M age = 14.27, SD = 1.42) attending a summer educational program. The AATI-TA consists of six subscales assessing…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Summer Programs, Adolescents
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Valadez, Mercedes; Ayón, Cecilia; Enriquez, Laura E.; Jefferies, Julián – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
Prior research has established that undocumented students experience structural marginalization which compromises their access, retention, and success in higher education. Building on this work, this study turns attention to their academic engagement, an important intermediary outcome. Using survey data collected from 1,277 undocumented…
Descriptors: College English, Learner Engagement, Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
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Skinner, Nadine Ann; Bromley, Patricia – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
Formal schooling in the U.S. has a long and violent history towards Indigenous peoples, today morphing into exclusion and erasure. Using a novel longitudinal dataset of U.S. textbooks (n = 193) from California and Texas, published from 1850 to 2019, we seek to shine light on the issue through a comprehensive analysis of depictions of Indigenous…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, History Instruction, United States History
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Trevors, Gregory J. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
It is common for individuals to have misconceptions across a range of subject matters. Although interventions to correct misconceptions are largely successful, at times they may fail. The current study explores how corrections may be perceived to conflict with aspects of personal or social identity and engender experience of negative emotions and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Immunization Programs, Misconceptions, Safety
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Guadalupe Espinoza; JudelMay E. Mariano; Allyson N. Blanco – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
The aim of this study was to better understand Latinx adolescents' experiences during the pandemic and the transition to distance learning. Guided by the community cultural wealth framework, this study focuses on the key challenges and the sources of support that Latinx adolescents relied on during this unique period. Participants included 40…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers, Social Support Groups