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  • Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

    Creator:
    Barry, Kate R.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    able to enter college and improve their economic situation while receiving AFDC. Single Parent

  • Key motivating factors for rural adult women entering college

    Creator:
    Benoit, Michelle R.
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study seeks to gain knowledge about the motives and barriers of rural adult women students and how these factors impact their decision to pursue postsecondary education. As more adult women choose to enter or return to higher education, it is important to examine the factors that influence their...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    individual interviews with six rural adult women students at Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC

  • The Experiences of Male Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Creator:
    Viveros Cespedes, Marcos Andres
    Abstract:
    Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is an interdisciplinary academic field that addresses gender, sexuality, and social justice issues. The research objective of this project was to examine the attitudes of self-identified male students in introductory Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for winter term 2016 at Oregon State University. This...
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    Masters Thesis
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    myth.” They offer four flawed assumptions about college men: (1) every male student benefits