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Melissa Ann Fischer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Doctoral student-mothers face barriers and obstacles that impact their ability to persist and are less likely to achieve program completion than other students. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to discover the reasons student-mothers considered withdrawing from doctoral programs, the obstacles and challenges doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Mothers, Barriers, Academic Persistence
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Jennifer Kathleen Schwartz Poehlmann; Jocelyn Elizabeth Nardo; Marcos Rojas; Shima Salehi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
General Chemistry I is known as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) gatekeeper, often playing a role in determining students' STEM college pathways and their career prospects. However, there have been recent efforts to transform General Chemistry I from a gatekeeper course into a gateway course by implementing equity approaches.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Equal Education, Science Instruction, Chemistry