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  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of

  • Mentoring student leaders of color

    Creator:
    White, Leann E.
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    Involvement in student leadership provides opportunities for student development (Foubert and Grainger, 2006) and is linked with higher rates of persistence (Astin, 1984), making leadership programs an important tool for increasing the retention and success of students of color. Unfortunately, traditional leadership paradigms often used in student leadership programs are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Student Services Administration Dean of the College of Education

  • Exploring the need for diversity related professional development

    Creator:
    McAloney, Kimberly A.
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    College campuses are becoming more diverse now than ever before. Campuses, however, are not as prepared as they should be for the new students that are arriving. Changes need to be made to status quo processes and procedures, event planning, and classroom education in order to best serve current students....
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    Masters Thesis
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      planning,  and  classroom  education  in  order  to  best  serve  current  students

  • College students' multiracial identity perceptions and experiences of programs and associations

    Creator:
    Plaza, Lauren S.
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    This thesis examined the identity transitions that occurred prior to enrollment at a predominantly, White, large, public research university and after completing at least one year of college for students who identify as multiracial. As a secondary purpose, this thesis also examined whether these students sought support through groups that...
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    Masters Thesis
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    _________________________________________________________________________ Dean of the College of Education

  • The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

    Creator:
    Díaz, Guadalupe
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    English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
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    Dissertation
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    ). Additionally, evidence suggests that family demographic factors, such as parent education, residential

  • (re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

    Creator:
    Davis-White Eyes, Allison
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    Post-secondary education institutions across the United States are increasingly allocating resources to promote international education exchange programs as a pedagogical praxis to develop students into global citizens. Underlying such notions of global citizenship is the assumption that students will also develop a stronger post-national or cosmopolitan identity as a result...
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    Dissertation
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    Allison Davis-White Eyes for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on May, 24, 2013

  • White college students' cross-racial involvement in multicultural organizations and the shaping of white consciousness

    Creator:
    Shingle, Michael E.
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    This qualitative study explored the experiences of self-identified White students currently enrolled at a predominantly White institution who were cross- racially involved for at least ten weeks in a multicultural association, club, or organization that had students of color as the racial majority. This study also examined students' consciousness of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ________________________________________________________________________ Dean of the College of Education

  • The journey of developing multicultural competence : A phenomenological exploration of lived experience in student affairs professionals

    Creator:
    St. Clair, Serena Erskine
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    Prior research has noted the changing demographics of higher education since the Civil Rights Movement and the expanded need for multicultural education. Armando Hernandez Morales (2003) wrote that, “A multiculturally competent person is aware of and knowledgeable about cultural differences, their own cultural identity, and the history and contemporary struggles...
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    Dissertation
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    in Education presented on April 30, 2007. Title: The Journey of Developing Multicultural

  • Making & finding childhoods : forest schooling in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Bustamante, Stephanie
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    East School is a private, forest schooling program in the Pacific Northwest. This ethnography focuses on student engagement with teacher led efforts to "educate" them within an emergent social system depending on new subjectivities. I ground this premise in a reflexive analytical framework, unpacking an implicit ethnotheory of perception as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Authoritative Text ……………….. 63 Marketing Youth & Education …………………………………….. 67 Chapter Six: “Soft

  • Voices to be heard : narrative research of undocumented Latino students in Oregon community colleges

    Creator:
    Ivelisse, Brenda
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    Community colleges have become a practical educational option for undocumented students seeking an associate degree; thus reflecting the community college's very mission and purpose by providing access and affordability for these students. Specifically, undocumented Latino students are known to select community colleges due to their low tuition cost, proximity to...
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    Dissertation
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    Ivelisse for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on March 17, 2015. Title