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Daniel Sidney Fussy; Hassan Iddy – Education Inquiry, 2024
Literacy practices play a catalytic role in equipping girls with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to make qualitative improvements on their lives. This paper reports on a qualitative study that identified existing literacy practices and the support available to enable the development of literacies among girls. Interviews and…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Females, Literacy, Capacity Building
Candace Marie Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of first-generation Black women who completed at least a bachelor's degree without student loans. While Black women are most burdened by student loan debt, little is known about the experiences of those who navigate college without accruing student loans. Combining endarkened…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), First Generation College Students, Females, College Graduates
Kim Cherry Burnett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation presents a phenomenological case study exploring the experiences of Black women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The study focuses on Black women who attended urban schools and pursued STEM majors at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). This study employs a narrative inquiry approach to understand…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Case Studies, STEM Education
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Shetay Ashford-Hanserd; Lillianna Franco Carrera; Twyla D. Hough; Toni D. Moreno; April J. Mouton; Ila Wallace – Career and Technical Education Research, 2024
To promote racial and gender equity in the field of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computing (STEM+C), we investigated prominent influences on historically underrepresented minority (HURM) women's persistence in undergraduate education. With the underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic women in the computing workforce, this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Females, African American Students
Valeria Rizo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed methods action research study was conducted at a women's, private, liberal arts university in the United States with the purpose to create an opportunity for the Latina female first-generations college students (LFFGCS) to; build a sense of belonging and community, and provide them with more resources on a variety of financial topics in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Private Colleges, Liberal Arts, Hispanic American Students
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Daisy Ramirez; Sarah L. Rodriguez; Kathleen J. Lehman; Linda J. Sax – Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2024
This qualitative study employs interviews to explore the process of computing identity development and maintenance among Latina undergraduate students, beginning from their experiences in introductory computing courses and extending beyond. The findings shed light on the significant influence of factors such as peer and faculty recognition,…
Descriptors: Females, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Self Concept