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Direct linkBastian, Kevin C.; Fortner, C. Kevin; Chapman, Alisa; Fleener, M. Jayne; McIntyre, Ellen; Patriarca, Linda A. – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Teacher preparation programs (TPPs) face increasing pressure from the federal government, states, and accreditation agencies to improve the quality of their practices and graduates, yet they often do not possess enough data to make evidence-based reforms. Purpose/Objective: This manuscript has four objectives: (a) to present…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Accountability, Program Evaluation
Candia-Bailey, Antoinette Bonnie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Since the 1800s African-American women have been involved in educational processes in meaningful ways despite challenges to their efforts and advancements. African-American women have made significant strides in breaking the glass ceiling within higher education. This qualitative research study explores and compares the perceptions of challenges…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, Promotion (Occupational), Sociocultural Patterns
Download full textFlores, Antoinette – Center for American Progress, 2014
The nation's public universities--a key vehicle of upward mobility--must do more to even the playing field for all students. As it currently stands, students from the least advantaged populations earn degrees at a lower rate and are burdened with a greater portion of debt than their peers. However, some standout public universities are reversing…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Universities, Access to Education, Educational Finance
Parker, Ashley Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research seeks to understand the experiences of African American female undergraduates in STEM. It investigates how familial factors and science identity formation characteristics influence persistence in STEM while considering the duality of African American women's status in society. This phenomenological study was designed using critical…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, STEM Education, Self Concept
Minor, James T. – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
Using Mississippi and North Carolina as cases, the author examines progress made toward the desegregation of enrollments in public colleges and universities. Enrollment trends are analyzed in the context of contemporary social, legal, and educational policy initiatives intended to desegregate dual systems of public higher education. Despite more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Desegregation Litigation, Enrollment Trends
Hodel, Ross; Laffey, Maureen; Lingenfelter, Paul – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2006
The Recession, Retrenchment, and Recovery Project examined the effects of recessions on financial access to college during the 25-year period 1979-2004, identified states that have been relatively successful in maintaining financial access, and collected policy strategies used by these states. This study examined the similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Retrenchment, Student Financial Aid, Student Financial Aid Officers
