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Direct linkRohena, Luis O. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Uniformed Services University (USU) created the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) in 2014 with the goal of diversifying their student body. The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether certain independent variables (gender, age, race/ethnicity, underrepresented in medicine (URM) status, years of military…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Military Personnel, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Leah B. Pound – ProQuest LLC, 2019
On college campuses, access does not equal inclusion as students of color have to navigate through a predominately White space as they struggle to feel like they belong (Jack, 2019). This dissertation focuses on racial experiences and belonging within a total institution (Goffman, 1961): the U.S. service academies, colleges that are part…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Military Schools, Military Personnel, African American Students
Mencke, Bernadette Kristine Buchanan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the impact of the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) on African Americans' quest for higher education. The central question guiding this study follows: Why has higher education been so elusive for African Americans? With reference to this question, the following sub-questions were addressed: (1) How can the…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Community, Race, War
Download full textCurtin, Thomas R.; Cahalan, Margaret W. – US Department of Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education's Strategic Plan for 2002-2007 (U.S. Department of Education 2002) established an objective to "reduce the gaps in college access and completion among student populations differing by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disability while increasing the educational attainment of all." Upward Bound, which made…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, First Generation College Students, Science Programs, Educational Finance
