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Budde, Anne Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Executive leadership positions in public schools in the United States are dominated by white males. Equitable representation is not currently present for females in the role of public school superintendents (Mertz, 2006). The superintendency maintains the status as the least gender-diverse executive position in the country (Bjork, 2000; Grogan…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Focus Groups
Eynon, Diane E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is structured as a critical policy analysis employing historical methods. It examines how the post apartheid government's economic growth and development polices have informed the higher education system and how this has changed women's financial, occupational, political, social, and educational prospects in South Africa. Through…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Poverty, Rape
Hylton, Dahlia Gabrielle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This narrative study explored the personal and professional experiences of eight African American women vice presidents for student affairs (VPSA) employed at predominately White institutions (PWIs) and the persistence strategies they used while working at a PWI. Through the use of narrative inquiry methods, I utilized a purposeful sample of eight…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, African American Leadership, College Administration
Kuntz, Vickie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Female enrollment in engineering has been historically low. Researchers claim chilly classroom environments and societal expectations of gender and work as reasons why so few women pursue engineering. This qualitative study explores the effects of required cooperative education on a female student's choice of and persistence in an undergraduate…
Descriptors: Females, Majors (Students), Cooperative Education, Gender Bias
Reyes, Rosanna A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the educational trajectories of academically resilient first-generation Latinas in college. More specifically, the study focused on the factors that led them to become academically successful. The researcher of this study conducted a narrative inquiry analysis of the K-16 educational trajectories of five academically resilient…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, Females
Allen, Anthony G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 has made a profound impact on millions of children with disabilities who now enjoy their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). It is the goal of national policy, endorsed by Congress, to ensure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, Mild Mental Retardation, Racial Composition
Iddrisu, Vannetta Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the educational persistence of women of African descent (WOAD) in pursuit of a doctorate degree at universities in the southeastern United States. WOAD are women of African ancestry born outside the African continent. These women are heirs to an inner dogged determination and spirit to survive despite all odds (Pulliam, 2003,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Graduate Students, Females, Academic Persistence
Curry, Kathy S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative phenomenological study used a modified Groenewald's five steps method with semi-structured, recorded, and transcribed interviews to focus on the underrepresentation of females in science-related careers. The study explored the lived experiences of a purposive sample of 25 senior female college students attending a college in…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Females, Disproportionate Representation, College Students
Saleem, Mohammed M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This exploratory study of the implementation of computer technology in an American Islamic private school leveraged the case study methodology and ethnographic methods informed by symbolic interactionism and the framework of the Muslim Diaspora. The study focused on describing the implementation of computer technology and identifying the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Muslims, Public Schools, Islam
Xiao, Hui – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This project stands at the juncture of modern Chinese literature, post-socialist studies, cultural history of divorce, and critical studies about global middle-class cultures. Employing analytical tools mainly from literary studies, cultural studies and feminist theories, I examine stories, novels, films and TV dramas about divorce produced…
Descriptors: Divorce, Foreign Countries, Television, Films
Blanchard, Sally Utley – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The position of the superintendency is a critical and influential one. It sets the strategic goals for teaching and learning for school divisions throughout the United States. It serves as a role model for future school leaders. The educational programs provided to students in public schools have a significant impact on the success of our youth.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Females, Self Esteem, Failure