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Paris D. Echoles – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Within our rapidly changing and growing global society, adolescent development into adulthood remains a pervasive issue that youth serving institutions and youth engagement practitioners across the world must address. While literature shows that there are numerous factors that contribute to the physical, mental, and social-emotional development of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Community Programs, Youth Programs, Athletics
Nancy M. Finelli – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Children in medical facilities encounter systemic barriers to education despite legal mandates. This study aimed to enhance educational opportunities by addressing inconsistencies through research-based strategies. The study adopted a dual strategy, positing that proactive organizational readiness measures alongside the implementation of an…
Descriptors: Children, Diseases, Child Health, Individualized Programs
Elizabeth A. Sanborn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In an effort to prepare American high school students for future careers, many states have implemented specific career readiness standards and programs. One such program is known as Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO), which are hands-on, credit-bearing experiences outside of the classroom with an emphasis on community-based career exploration.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Opportunities, Field Experience Programs, Career Exploration
Lesley Doricely Meza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The California Community College (CCC) system is the largest higher education system in the United States and serves diverse students. However, CCC's leadership does not mirror the diversity of its student population. Senior-level positions continue to be dominated by White men, highlighting the lack of diversity among leadership at these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Women Administrators, Minority Groups, Gender Bias
Kinya Chandler – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study investigates the glass cliff phenomenon in relation to Black women in senior administration in higher education. This research explores the motivation of Black women who accept these roles and the ways in which they use of different types of cultural capital to navigate these positions. Using data drawn from the interviews…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, College Administration, Females
Karina Stenfort – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Across the United States, Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs have risen in popularity in recent years with the promise of producing biliterate and bicultural students. Many families of both the dominant and minority culture have gravitated towards these choice programs to enrich the school experience for their children. With the success of DLI…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Academic Persistence, Secondary School Students, Student Attrition
William T. Bell III – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to gather data about male leadership bias and how it affected women's treatment, evaluation, and promotion in a predominantly male leadership environment. This was explored through the lens of role congruity theory (Eagly & Karau, 2002) which underscored the impact of gender stereotypes on women leaders, mainly…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Leadership, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Sex Stereotypes
Reginald De'Angelo Summerville – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigated educational disparities among Black/African American and White/Caucasian high school students, with a focus on their perceptions of educational opportunities and factors contributing to disparities. Utilizing qualitative research methods, this study explored students' perspectives on academic success, influencing factors,…
Descriptors: African American Students, White Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes
LaTonya C. Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Through a Critical Action Research (Hesse-Biber, 2017) study utilizing the sequential mixed method to examine the experiences of Black women leaders in corporate spaces in the U.S. by situating their experiences in national and local Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data and delving into the nuanced experiences of four Black women previously…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Women Administrators, Corporations
Lynn Rosen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the evolving landscape of graduate business education, highlighting the growing significance of specialized master's programs alongside traditional MBAs at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. It recognizes the changing demographics and needs of students, emphasizing the critical importance of fostering a…
Descriptors: School Orientation, College Programs, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
Farjahan Rahman Shawon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While many schools are revisiting the importance of CTE in the K 9-12 curriculum, many face constraints in the form of instructional and laboratory resources. 22 school districts of North Central Idaho and Southeast Washington region struggle to provide access to Career and Technology Education program programs due to geographic challenges,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Vocational Education
Tayler M. Onion – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite significant growth and advancement for women and girls participating in sports, we have not seen the same trend for women in leadership roles in athletics -- even with the introduction of the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) designation. The SWA designation was implemented in 1989 to ensure that at least one woman would be involved with…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Leadership, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Gionna Madeline Casatelli – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Statistically, women are more likely to earn a doctoral degree in higher education but are less likely to attain tenure in postsecondary institutions. Historically, women have been tied to traditional norms that society has placed on them where they are believed to be housewives and responsible for housework. Therefore, academia has continued to…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination, Tenure, College Faculty
Samantha LeBouef – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The dominant literature surrounding first-generation college students (FGCS) suggests that because neither of their parents obtained a four-year college degree, these students begin college at a deficit, ignoring the many familial resources students bring with them to college. FGCS succeed because of their families, not despite them (Gofen, 2009)…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Family Relationship, Barriers, Opportunities
Kristina Rayshelle Pollard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Attempting to balance all the aspects of teaching can be overwhelming and challenging without the appropriate measures for novice teachers. The purpose of the mixed-methods study was to examine the challenges and opportunities in teacher retention of K-12 novice teachers in a rural, south Mississippi school district. Novice teachers may struggle…
Descriptors: Barriers, Opportunities, Teacher Persistence, Beginning Teachers
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