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Jerman, George M., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Adequate education experiences and passing licensure examinations are imperative to professional entry and the career success of aspiring barbers. This improvement science initiative addressed low passing rates on the North Carolina Apprentice Barber Licensure Exam (NC ABLE). The initiative aimed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Test Preparation, Barriers
Tiffany Hinton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons are largely invisible in historically Black post-secondary education research and discourse. To this end, LGBTQ students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are often ignored and their voices are silenced, thus impacting their feelings of marginality and…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Black Colleges, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Jarrel T. Johnson; Leslie D. Hall; Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
The recent surge of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, intersex, and asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) state legislative bills throughout the United States prompt one to consider the multiple ways Black LGBTQIA + students in historically Black college and university (HBCU) settings will encounter challenges within and outside healthcare settings. Thus,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, LGBTQ People, Blacks, African American Students
sal ryman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background and purpose: Trans people of color experience health inequities related to their multiple marginalized identities. While historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) provide supportive learning environments for Black students, it is unclear if these protections extend to LGBTQ+ students. As trans youth experience barriers to…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Student Experience, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity
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Vilme, Helene; Campbell, Santiba D.; Sauls, Derrick L.; Powell, Keith; Lee, Jennifer; Stout, Robyn; Erkanli, Alaattin; Reynolds, Glenn; Story, Mary T.; Matsouaka, Roland A.; Austin, Tomia; Templeton, P. Gizem; Locklear, Millard; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Skinner, Asheley C.; Otienoburu, Philip E.; Duke, Naomi N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Farm-to-University (Farm2U) programs make healthy eating accessible, easier, and the default option. Yet, few published studies have focused on Farm2U implementations in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with measurements of implementation barriers using the consolidated framework for implementation…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Agriculture, Partnerships in Education, Barriers
Freeman, Sharon Ferguson – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2022
This study explores the common barriers and shared visions for creating access to archival collections held by libraries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). One of few reports that document the needs of HBCU libraries as they relate to archives and special collections. It is based on a series of online focus groups that author…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Archives, Access to Information, Academic Libraries
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Bowling, Jessamyn; Hopper, Lorenzo N.; Catu-Backhaus, Zoe; Williams, Cody; Butler, Karen; Yount, Leigh – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
The sexual behaviour of US youth places them at risk of negative outcomes such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. The US Centres for Disease Control recommend a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and relationships to improve these outcomes. Yet, sexuality education across the country, especially in the US…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Barriers, Peer Teaching, Higher Education
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Fitzgerald, Sarah Rose; Gardner, Alexander C.; Amey, Marilyn J.; Farrell-Cole, Patricia L. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
To illuminate barriers to collaboration, this study examines who participates in cross-boundary scholarly collaboration most often and which types of boundary crossing (disciplinary, institutional, role) are engaged in most often. The data of this study came from an interdisciplinary consortium with five partner institutions, including one…
Descriptors: Consortia, Interdisciplinary Approach, Black Colleges, STEM Education
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Walker, Kimberly Young; Okpala, Comfort – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
This study explored the interconnectedness of the transfer student experience and used it as a foundational framework to inform the administrative leadership on a North Carolina, midsized, historically Black college of the existing transfer students' experiences. This study focused on (a) how transfer students at a midsized historically black…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
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Slade, John; Eatmon, Dedra; Staley, Katrina; Dixon, Karrie G. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Making postsecondary education more accessible has highlighted the issue of what it means to be prepared for college. A significant number of students enter college with preparedness issues--academic and otherwise--that challenge potential success. For African American students, educational, social, and economic factors combine to create barriers…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, College Readiness, College Bound Students, African American Students