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Zsanai Epps – ProQuest LLC, 2024
On June 24, 2022, the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which has provided federal protection for safe and legal abortion access and care for 49 years in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This decision gave states the power to enact some of the most restrictive abortion policies, resulting in 14…
Descriptors: Public Health, Allied Health Occupations Education, African American Students, College Students
McGlawn, Ryan H. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes in the way education is delivered. The online environment provides a new avenue for physical therapy education. With a majority of undergraduate students taking at least one course online, their perceptions of online learning are critical in the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students
Kristin S. Sandberg – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The need for engineers in the workforce continues to grow. Filling this need requires recruiting future engineers to colleges and universities and retaining them through to degree completion. However, this is easier said than done. Universities are tasked with attempting to keep up with the demand for new engineers and companies are searching for…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, High School Students, Course Evaluation, Engineering
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Ashley Ellison; Thomas Smith – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: School districts across the United States face persistent difficulties recruiting and retaining teachers (GarcĂ­a & Weiss, 2019; Schmitt & deCourcy, 2022). Over the last decade, every state in the south has faced a growing teacher shortage, with some facing shortages in all grades and subjects (U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Choice, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
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Rodrigues, Debora F.; Nadres, Enrico T.; Cutright, Teresa; Williams, Lakiesha; Coats, Linda – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: The attraction and retention of female and minorities to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related academic careers have been a concern for many years. Today, it is still unclear what are the needs of this STEM minority population to encourage them to pursue and be retained in academic career paths. Design/Method:…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students, College Faculty
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Mayfield-Johnson, Susan; Mohn, Richard S.; Mitra, Amal K.; Young, Rebekah; McCullers, Elizabeth M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Online distance education creates increased opportunities for continuing education and advanced training for allied health professionals living in underserved and geographically isolated areas. The purpose of this article was to explore attitudes on barriers and benefits of distance education technology among underrepresented minority allied…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education