Growing health inequities have led to calls for population health intervention research that can contribute to improving the health of marginalized populations, but conducting research with these communities can be challenging. When research aims to examine and understand an aspect of health in a population characterized as hard-to-reach or…

Many barriers exist for American Indian students pursuing STEM degree programs. However, federally recognized Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are uniquely suited to overcome these barriers because of their shared mission to provide 21st Century educational opportunities for American Indian students. Qualitative and quantitative findings…

The Hispanic population in the United States is changing and will constitute 30% of the population in 2050; however, the Hispanic registered nurse population is less than 3%. Cultural differences between patients and nurses may cause harm and a mistrust that can affect patient outcomes. A mixed methods convergent research study was done by an…

According to the United States Census Bureau (2005), Hispanics are the youngest and largest minority group in the country. Unfortunately, Hispanics have the largest drop-out rates of any major ethnic group in the US, which will result in fewer Hispanics entering Ph.D. programs (Yosso & Solorzano, 2006). Because of this doctoral achievement gap…

Recreation center growth on college campuses has garnered national attention. According to Reisberg (2001), today's students have grown accustomed to utilizing elaborate workout facilities and have begun to demand that their college or university of choice provide that space. Through investing money into recreation facilities, college and…

The purpose of this exploratory qualitative investigation was to: a) describe the barriers of recruitment and retention of diverse graduate student population at one of the predominantly white universities (PWUs) in the Midwestern US as perceived by the program coordinators and directors and b) identify successful strategies for improving the…

This study examines and compares the recruitment and retention of minority and White elementary and secondary teachers and attempts to empirically ground the debate over minority teacher shortages. The data we analyze are from the National Center for Education Statistics' nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey and its longitudinal…

Enrollment management is a major component within the organizational structure of most four-year universities today. However, this is not necessarily the case with community colleges. With the continual decrease in public funding and increased competition with private colleges and universities, public community colleges are now being forced to…

The proportion of ethnic minorities in the LIS school student population has remained significantly lower than in the U.S. population: in 2002, ethnic minorities constituted only 11.3 percent of the LIS student population, compared to 31.3 percent of the U.S. population. Despite efforts by LIS schools and associations in recruiting and retaining…

Three higher education associations, APPA, NACUBO, and SCUP, each conduct research of interest to each others' constituents. This article, highlighting some research efforts and findings from each association, was commissioned by the three groups as part of the overall Campus of the Future collaboration in 2006. (Contains 3 resources.)

The author discusses trends in nursing student recruitment and retention as indicated by the National League for Nursing's recent surveys of nursing education programs. Topics include (1) admissions standards, (2) remedial courses, (3) attrition, and (4) recruiting techniques. (CH)

To boost the enrollment for the spring 1983 semester, Pan American University started a project to find unenrolled applicants and former students. Academic deans sent these students a letter, a questionnaire, a partially completed application for re-admission, and a re-addressed, stamped envelope. (MLW)

A survey in Southern California to determine how higher education is responding to the needs of Hispanics is described. The goal was to find out what institutions were doing to recruit Hispanics, retain them until graduation, help them transfer from two-year to four-year institutions, and raise funds. (MLW)

Provides references to ERIC documents dealing with marketing community colleges. Covers the purpose of marketing, planning, and implementing marketing programs, the extent to which marketing is being used, descriptions of programs and activities at individual institutions, and the role of institutional research in support marketing. (DD)

A survey of 157 freshmen at Kansas State University attempted to determine differences between Black students and White students in their perceptions of the campus environment in four areas: community, administration, awareness, PI scholarship. Although neither group was negative, Black students were less positive than their peers, particularly…