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Pautsch, Catherine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student voice is defined as meaningful opportunities that allow students to take an active role in the decision-making that influences their lives. While there is a growing body of literature linking student voice to increased student engagement, achievement, civic engagement and successful school reform, the role of the principal in supporting…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Middle Class, School Restructuring, Student Government
Canton Guzman, Alicia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of every university is to contribute to the public good by educating socially responsible, civically minded, engaged citizens. In the context of a developing country such as Mexico, with multiple challenges of social, political and economic order, the role of universities in preparing future leaders and civically engaged citizens is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory
Laosebikan-Buggs, Morolake O. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation in collegiate student governance, the impact of that involvement and its influence on career choice for African-American participants, and to enlighten educators about role and value of collegiate student government participation. If participation in student government and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Self Esteem, Career Choice, Student Participation
Golden, Kerri A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The growth in technology and the global nature of business and work have created new challenges for higher education. Administrators from institutions around the country desire more international study by their faculty and students as well as more visitors and residents to the campus from countries abroad. Are college students prepared for the…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, College Students, Student Attitudes, Group Activities
Malfatti-Rachell, Gabrielle – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In this case study, 38 Black and White participants shared their recollections of intergroup contact during the first 15 years of desegregation (1954-1969) at a Historically Black University in a predominantly White Midwestern community. Faculty and alumnae/i candidly evoked their experiences in this unusual desegregation setting and their…
Descriptors: Student Government, Civil Rights, Black Colleges, Case Studies
Eramo, Nicole P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1819 to become a training ground for the leaders of a new republic. The institution has changed a great deal since its founding, but principles connected to "Mr. Jefferson's" legacy abound. One such ideal is student self-governance. Described in institutional literature as a core…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Higher Education, Governance, Program Effectiveness
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