In this paper, I used small stories narrative to understand how educators work with and care for immigrant and undocumented students and to examine the educator's experiences as it relates to her personal and professional identities. Data included in-depth interviews, observations, and artifacts. By using small narrative stories, my research was…

Despite substantial efforts across postsecondary education to increase minority participation in study abroad, the homogeneity of study abroad participants remains largely unchanged (Desoff, 2006; Shih, 2009). This study applies an integrated student choice model (Perna, 2006) to identify differences between white and minority (African-American,…

This study examined whether the overrepresentation of minorities in special education was considered an issue in northwestern Indiana, noting strategies currently being implemented to address this issue in three counties and describing proven effective strategies for reducing minority referrals. Teachers, administrators, counselors, and school…

Examined effects of financial aid on within-year persistence by African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites enrolled in Indiana public higher education. Found that financial aid recipients persisted better than or as well as non-recipients within each racial/ethnic group. College grades and other college experience variables also had a substantial…