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Shirley, Gregory E., II – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this dissertation was to compare the perceived impact of federal financial aid on the decisions of college-aged African American and Hispanic males to attend college. Participants in the study were delimited to XYZ University, a regional university in Northeast Texas. A modified version of the College Experience Survey, originally…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, College Attendance, African Americans, Decision Making
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Muftic, Lisa R.; Baumann, Miranda L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Femicide, the murder of females (most often at the hands of males), is an understudied area in homicide research. Furthermore, femicide perpetrated by females has been all but ignored. One reason this may be is because of the rarity of homicide victimization perpetrated by females. Rather, most homicide incidents consist of a male offender and a…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Victims of Crime, Homicide
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Currin, James B.; Hayslip, Bert, Jr.; Temple, Jeff R. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of age, historical change, and gender on perceptions of mental health and mental health services. Using multidimensional measures to assess such perceptions among older adults (1977, 1991, 2000), and younger adults (1991, 2000), we expected that older adults would have less positive mental health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Females, Mental Health, Age Differences
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Lipsky, Sherry; Cristofalo, Meg; Reed, Sarah; Caetano, Raul; Roy-Byrne, Peter – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The objectives of this study were to examine racial and ethnic disparities in perpetrator and incident characteristics and discrepancies between police charges and reported perpetrator behaviors in police-reported intimate partner violence (IPV). This cross-sectional study used standardized police data and victim narratives of IPV incidents…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Violence, Prevention, Public Health
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Williams, Alaric; Justice, Madeline – Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to discern the attitudes of African American undergraduate male students regarding counseling in four Texas universities. In addition to the attitudes, the reasons why African American males do not choose to seek counseling served as a secondary purpose. The study also examined the comparison of attitudes between…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Black Colleges, Negative Attitudes, Institutional Characteristics
Dabney-Smith, Valschkia Lisette – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined the differences in engagement among entering African American male students at two community colleges in the State of Texas. Three research questions provided the foundation for this study: (1) Is there a significant difference in the engagement levels among first-year male community college students by age group, (2) From the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Qualitative Research, Community Colleges, Focus Groups
Marks, Joseph L.; Diaz, Alicia A. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The "Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fact Book on Higher Education" is one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education. For decades, state leaders, policy-makers, researchers and journalists have used the "Fact Book" to find useful data quickly--and to learn more about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Technical Institutes, Tuition