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Adjustments and challenges experienced by adult Hispanic students in a public technical college

Creator:

Suchite, Jose M.

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Little research has been done in the area of adult Hispanics' transition to college, a complex and challenging process which marks a critical period in their lives. Research suggests adaptation difficulty may cause them to drop out of school usually before completion of the first terms. There is a lack...

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Dissertation

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adult Hispanic student experience during the first terms of technical college? (2) What strategies do
Hispanic community college student empowerment : developmental English participants describe their educational experiences

Creator:

Lawrenson, Lisa Aguilera

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The purpose of this study was to learn about the experiences of Generation 1.5 Hispanics in developmental English in community college. A qualitative comparative case study design was used for this social critical study. The key findings fell into three categories: road blocks, motivators, and actions. The road blocks included:...

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Dissertation

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Philosophy in Education presented on March 21, 2008. Title: Hispanic Community College Student
(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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programs beyond Euro-American student participation and to explore how the experience may be