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Manley, Stewart – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2022
This triptych uses academic literature, poetry, and personal reflection to illustrate the impact of the invisible currents of power that run through society and history on three fictional individuals--a Native Hawaiian woman on the Hamakua coast of the Island of Hawai'i, a girl in a refugee camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border, and a military…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Foreign Countries, History, Poetry
Todd Shealy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences and leadership of women cadet officers at a senior military college, as well their recommendations for aspiring women cadet leaders. The research used purposeful sampling based on inclusion criteria, and all participants were junior or senior cadet women who held an officer position in the…
Descriptors: Military Schools, Military Personnel, Females, Phenomenology
Speed, Shannon; Branscum, Paul; Gresla, Alice – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: The Department of Defense (DOD) annually spends billions in medical care for military beneficiaries. Overweight and obesity are top concerns for dependents. Only 44% of military spouses (86% female, ages 25 to 34) meet Healthy People 2020 weight/BMI goals. Physical activity (PA) is an important modifiable behavior for preventing and…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Spouses, Intention, Predictor Variables
Jessie Jungeun Hong-Dwyer – Journal of College Student Development, 2023
Student activism plays an important role in student development, so understanding student activists' thoughts, identifying challenges they have encountered, and figuring out ways to support their activities are critical for higher education institutions. A group of college students in Korea has established a student organization actively engaging…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Activism
Nichols, Jeananne – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2021
A central understanding of narrative scholarship is that stories are ever in process, taking shape in each recounting according to the needs, purposes, and understandings of the teller. Sometimes participants share accounts that are incomplete or inaccurate, shrink from voicing their feelings, or silence their accounting altogether. In this study,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Researchers, Responsibility, Personal Narratives
Tara L. Clawson-Inga – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the challenges to persistence among active-duty women in online undergraduate degree programs. There is a gap in existing literature surrounding the specific challenges that active-duty women face in persisting. The frameworks that guided this research were Bean and Metzner's nontraditional student retention model and Angelino…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Military Personnel, Females, Barriers
Bellue, Kyle – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
This paper examines the potential causes of gender exclusion and the tension women face within the military today by drawing upon Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to examine the interaction of mediating tools within the military, as well as cultural and historical factors, that inhibit gender inclusivity. Using this theory, contradictive…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Females, Military Personnel, Cultural Influences
Macer, Mel; Chadderton, Charlotte – Gender and Education, 2021
This paper reports on the experiences and perspectives of military wives as students and potential students of Access to Higher Education Diplomas, a qualification for widening participation in HE for 'non-traditional' students in the UK -- an under-researched topic. Contributing to both Marxist and feminist theory, we argue that the combined…
Descriptors: Spouses, Military Personnel, Marriage, Students
George, Robert Clyde, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Determining how female Marines currently pursuing a degree in higher education perceive their journey and experiences can provide valuable information for those contemplating pursuing higher education. Additionally, these perceptions can inform the need for modifications to policies at supporting organizations and educational institutions that are…
Descriptors: Females, Veterans, Higher Education, College Students
Williams, Jing – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2019
Can you name several well-known military personnel throughout U.S. history? When hearing this question, most people may begin reciting names like George Washington, Ulysses Grant, George Patten, or Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., who all happen to be men. When thinking about the U.S. military historically, we tend to imagine that it is a man's world.…
Descriptors: Females, Military Personnel, United States History, War
Pahl, Pamela S. – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2019
Women continue to struggle in order to integrate successfully into the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The study presented in this article examined the cultural experiences of ten non-commissioned female-identified members serving in the ranks of Corporal to Sergeant in male-dominated, non-combat arms occupations. The volunteers were asked 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Employed Women, Military Personnel
Atkinson, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This phenomenological case study explored lived experiences of women student veterans in a college setting. Through in-depth interviews, women student veterans described their transition from their military experience to enrollment. Further, participants discussed their experiences and perceptions of campus veteran support (e.g. student veteran…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Veterans Education, College Students
Chou, Szu-Nuo – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2021
The early twentieth century was a unique period of time in China's contemporary history. It has been marked as the beginning of China's modernization and liberalization. The circumstances and the long-term impacts of this political reform were certainly disputed. China's schooling materials mostly only indicate the bright side of the social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Personnel, Females, Social Bias
Heineman, Judie A. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2017
This chapter explores the unique needs of women student-veterans and highlights the ways that community college leaders can support women student-veterans on their college campuses.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Veterans, Military Personnel
Kirkwood-Tucker, Toni Fuss – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
This oral history describes the memories of a young German girl growing up during the Nazi Era and the end of World War II in a village in the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany. The narrative is based on her lived experiences and stories shared by her father about the horrors of the Nazi regime. Her memories include shrieking bells and imminent…
Descriptors: Oral History, War, Females, Death