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A Multiple Case Study of the Role of Motivation in the Retention of Five Female Community College Students on O'ahu
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Furushima, Dawn M. F. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative study was a life history multiple case study investigating the issue of student retention at community colleges in Hawai'i using oral interviewing as a primary method of data collection. The purpose of the current study was to investigate what role motivation played in a student's decision to persist at a community college in…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Student Motivation, Case Studies, Interviews
A Cross-Case Analysis of Migrant Chuukese Families in Hawai'i and Their Children with Special Needs
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Peter, Joakim – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Citizens of the Compact of Free Association (COFA) nations of Micronesia are the newest ethnic migrant group in Hawai'i. This relationship is born out of the long history of the geopolitical relationship between the COFA nations (the Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands) and the United States.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indigenous Populations, Undocumented Immigrants, Social Theories
Social Stratification and Higher Education Outcomes: The Case of Filipinos in Hawai`i
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Libarios, Ernest Niki D., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Filipinos are the second largest ethnic group in Hawai'i and their population continues to grow at a rapid pace. However, they are among the lower socioeconomic groups in Hawai'i and are disproportionately represented in the University of Hawai'i system--overrepresented in the community colleges while underrepresented at the flagship campus, the…
Descriptors: Filipino Americans, Hawaiians, Low Income Groups, Disproportionate Representation
Raising Cultural Self-Efficacy among Faculty and Staff of a Private Native Hawaiian School System
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Fong, Randie Kamuela – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Hawaiian cultural revitalization movement in Hawai`i is an important driver for many Hawaiian organizations as well as educational institutions that serve Native Hawaiians. One such organization is Kamehameha Schools, a private school system founded and endowed by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop in 1887 to educate Native Hawaiian children. From…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Cultural Maintenance, Private Schools, Hawaiians