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The Effect of Gender and Race Intersectionality on Student Learning Outcomes in Engineering
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Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Loya, Karla I. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Women and underrepresented minorities in traditionally White and male-dominated disciplines tend to report lower learning outcomes than their White peers. Adopting a feminist intersectionality framework, this study looks at the intersections of gender and race to investigate differences in self-assessed learning outcomes in engineering…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Factors, Whites, Minority Groups
Selection of Universities by Students in Journalism and Mass Communication Courses: Do Criteria Differ between Caucasian and Minority Students?
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Biswas, Masudul; Perkins, Lyle; Izard, Ralph – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2012
This study measures the significance of factors used by minority students in their selection of universities/colleges. This web survey was conducted mainly on 778 students enrolled in journalism/mass communication courses representing five historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and twelve other universities. Differences were found…
Descriptors: Athletics, Student Attitudes, Universities, Private Colleges
Unlocking the Barriers to Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Information Systems Studies: Results from a Multi-Methodological Study Conducted at Two Minority Serving Institutions
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Buzzetto-More, Nicole; Ukoha, Ojiabo; Rustagi, Narendra – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
The under representation of women and minorities in undergraduate computer science and information systems programs is a pervasive and persistent problem in the United States. Needed is a better understanding of the background and psychosocial factors that attract, or repel, minority students from computing disciplines. An examination of these…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Females, Focus Groups, Information Systems
Collecting Survey Data for Assessment: A Practice Brief Based on BEAMS Project Outcomes
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Kinzie, Jullian – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2008
This practice brief is one of a series highlighting key practices undertaken by some of the many successful Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) schools during the project's five years of data collection and action plan implementation. These practice briefs accompany a monograph that details the process BEAMS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Data Collection, Higher Education
Serving the Nation: Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Information Technology at Minority-Serving Colleges and Universities
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Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2004
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities are in an unrivaled position to remedy the technological disenfranchisement of the nation's emerging majority populations--the nation's future workforce--but remain limited due to lack of financial resources. While some…
Descriptors: Users (Information), Higher Education, Information Technology, Black Colleges
Summaries of New Research on Minority Groups in Higher Education.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Issues related to minorities and higher education were reported at a federally sponsored conference. Research described is related to: black students and black colleges; community colleges and minority students; faculty hiring and affirmative action; campus presidents and minority enrollments; and Supreme Court decisions and affirmative action.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Faculty