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Patterson, David A.; Ahuna, Kelly H.; Tinnesz, Christine Gray; Vanzile-Tamsen, Carol – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
A big challenge facing colleges and university programs across the United States is retaining students to graduation. This is especially the case for Native American students, who have had one of the highest dropout rates over the past several decades. Using data from a large university that implemented a self-regulated learning course for…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Learning Strategies
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Conger, Dylan – Education and Urban Society, 2010
This article offers new directions in measuring racial isolation in schools. The most widely used measurement approach is to examine the mean on the distribution of school percentage non-White across non-White students (the isolation rate) or the percentage of non-White students in schools with large shares of non-Whites (e.g., 90% or more) at a…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Social Isolation, Disproportionate Representation