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Ocean, Mia; Mohr, Jeanean; Parker, Ava L.; Barbatis, Peter; Vajello, Maria M.; Woods, Kathleen; Tigertail, Kelli; Keller, James – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The majority of research related to community and state colleges is conducted by external individuals, primarily university faculty. This approach reinforces the hierarchical structure within higher education and lends to potential bias and exclusion of characteristics unique to such colleges. The purpose of this study was to utilize a democratic…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Inclusion, Action Research, Participatory Research
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Delgado, Daniela; Becker Herbst, Rachel – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Farmworkers comprise a marginalized population who experience various threats to their well-being. This study presents a community-based participatory research project that explored the educational attainment and well-being of Latino/a youth in farmworker families. Children of farmworkers (n = 18), farmworker parents (n = 12), and educational…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Hispanic Americans, Access to Education, Well Being
Swart, Sandra, Ed.; Friesen, Barbara, Ed.; Holman, Ariel, Ed.; Aue, Nicole, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2009
The State of the Science conference was held in May, 2007 as part of the ongoing series of national conferences, "Building on Family Strengths," conducted by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University. The theme of this State-of-the Science conference was "Effective…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Family Programs