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Isai Robledo – ProQuest LLC, 2021
"My Progress is Our Progress" is a qualitative study that examines how first-generation Latinx students navigate their experiences at three North Carolina community colleges. The Latinx population has significantly increased in North Carolina but that has not translated into an increase in Latinx student enrollment in higher education.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Goal Orientation, Community College Students, First Generation College Students
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NaLette Brodnax; Nandi Carson; Xinyu Li – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Black students account for 15.1% of public school students, yet represent 38.2% of out-of-school suspensions, 28.7% of referrals to law enforcement, and 31.6% of school arrests (U.S. Department of Education, 2021). Suspended and expelled youth are less likely to complete high school or attend college (Rosenbaum, 2020), and more likely to be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Discipline Policy, Critical Race Theory
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Brietzke, Maria; Perreira, Krista – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2017
Previous research has linked stress to adverse mental health outcomes among Latino adolescents living in the United States. The mechanism through which this process operates continues to be explored, especially in regions of the country where Latin American immigrants and their children have only recently begun to migrate. Our study aimed to…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Coping, Hispanic Americans, Mental Health
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Uzzell, Odell – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1981
A study in Wake County, North Carolina, designed to determine how racist structural barriers influence role perceptions of Black decision makers, identified the following discriminators of role perceptions: 1) officials' perceptions of themselves as decision makers or decision influencers; 2) age; 3) racial composition of organization; 4)…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Leadership, Blacks, Community Influence
Clement, Dorothy C.; Livesay, J. Michael – 1980
This paper traces the development of input from the black community of Bradford, North Carolina, in the decision-making, administration, and resource allocation of the local school district. The approaches taken by blacks and by the traditional interests in the district to express their respective ideas during this development are analyzed and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Role