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Traci Rivera – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of nonprofit employees who, in their formal roles, actively promoted racial equity within their organizations. The research investigates the origins of their commitment, the multifaceted challenges they face, and the transformative potential embedded in their efforts. Employing a…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Organizational Culture, Change Agents, Employees
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Hudler, Keara; Dennis, Lilly; DiNella, Muriel; Ford, Nataley; Mendez, Joanna; Long, Joshua – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
In recent decades, universities have made significant progress toward environmental sustainability and have likewise tightened their budgets and restructured economic models in the name of financial sustainability. However, institutions of higher education have failed to address issues of social sustainability and social injustice, many of which…
Descriptors: Activism, Social Justice, Universities, College Students
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Fennimore, Beatrice S. – Review of Research in Education, 2017
This review is focused on literature documenting the experiences of nondominant and minoritized parents who challenge injustice and inequity in the public schools attended by their children. It interrogates hegemonic approaches to parent involvement favoring dominant groups and silencing efforts of nondominant parents to confront discriminatory…
Descriptors: Educational Malpractice, Parent Rights, Parent Role, Minority Group Influences
Carrasquillo, Carmen Ana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Open-access admissions policies and greater affordability position community colleges at the forefront in addressing equitable academic outcomes. Yet, most community college students fail to complete their certificate, degree and transfer goals. The failure rate is particularly high for low-income, Black and Latino(a) students. Much has been…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Community Colleges, Low Income Groups, Two Year College Students
Browne, John Robert, II – Corwin, 2012
If you're serious about providing a level playing field for all, it is time to do more than identify and lament the reasons for educational disparities and why they persist. John Robert Browne II shows how Culturally Courageous Leadership by all school community stakeholders can help you achieve equitable learning opportunities and outcomes for…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Leadership