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  • Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students

    Creator:
    Pelkey, Dave
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    The purpose of this study is to identify factors that support the likelihood of persistence of academically underprepared community college students to 45 college level credits. Factors considered in this research include: (a) race/ethnicity, (b) age, (c) enrollment status, (d) socio-economic status (SES), (e) first quarter GPA, (f) developmental need,...
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    Jessica E. White The purpose of this study is to identify factors that support the likelihood of

  • A qualitative study of the determinants of resistance to homosexuality in heterosexual identified students

    Creator:
    McGraw, Cathlene E.
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    Two decades of literature from national college student climate reports measuring student attitudes toward people who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) indicate, “anti-GLBT intolerance and harassment has been prevalent” (Rankin, 2003). This study seeks to explore the determinants of such attitudes and explore the life contexts of students’...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _______________________________________________________________ Jessica E. White Two decades of literature from national college student climate reports

  • Fraternity men's diversity experiences and degree of gender role conflict

    Creator:
    Schalewski, Lucas L.
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    Gender role conflict has been found to be a psychological condition that produces negative outcomes for men as they negotiate the tensions between who they truly are and who they feel they must be based on social expectations (O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986). Recent studies on college men's...
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    : _____________________________________________ Jessica E. White Gender role conflict has been found to be a psychological condition that

  • Faculty perspectives on multicultural components of course curriculum

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    Creighton, Clare S.
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    Multicultural curriculum, as a facet of multicultural education is not a new topic in higher education. Although there are many theories that describe multicultural curriculum (Banks, 1997b; Bennett, 2007), and a multitude of ideas and suggestions for best practices, several studies show there is not overwhelming faculty support for or...
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    approved: Jessica E. White Multicultural curriculum, as a facet of multicultural education is not a

  • A critical exploration of assessment within multicultural affairs

    Creator:
    Martinez, Jessica A.
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    This thesis explored the experiences of four Student Affairs practitioners working within Multicultural Affairs (MA). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how professionals within MA offices were developing and conducting assessment as well as identify barriers they faced and best practices used. Data for this study was...
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    Affairs AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jessica A. Martinez for the degree of Master of Science

  • Racial identity development among college students : an examination of five students' perspectives

    Creator:
    White, Jessica
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    This research sought to "get at" students' understandings of their own racial identity development. The limited degree with which participants have been heard and honored in research activities points to the need to inquire about their experiences first-hand, respect their stories, and consider their voices among, or in spite of,...
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    Dissertation
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    An Abstract of the Dissertation of Jessica White for

  • Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction among Foreign-Born Faculty at Community Colleges within the United States

    Creator:
    Moore, Marian
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    Job satisfaction has received considerable attention within the community college sector, but there is limited research focused solely on the job satisfaction of foreign-born faculty members employed at community colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with job satisfaction among foreign-born faculty members employed at U.S....
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    members: Drs. Larry Roper, Jessica White, Bruce Clemetsen, and Larry Becker for your time, dedication

  • Developing self-efficacy and self-regulated learning in academic planning : applying social cognitive theory in academic advising to assess student learning outcomes

    Creator:
    Erlich, Richard J.
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    This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986, 1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman, 2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a) reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
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    you! To my committee members Dr. Larry Roper, Dr. Jessica White, Dr. Cass Dykeman, and Dr. Kayla

  • Making Sense of Social Justice Education: A Case Study of the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program

    Creator:
    Furman, Kali
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    Utilizing anti-racist feminist research methodologies, Making Sense of Social Justice Education: A Case Study of the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program, argues that institutions of higher education must attend to local histories of student activism and faculty development in their efforts to create social justice-informed structural change. Increasingly colleges and...
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    me in this work as you entered retirement. To Dr. Jessica Beck, my time in the Graduate Certificate

  • Virtual Liberatory Women of Color Mentorship

    Creator:
    McAloney, Kimberly A.
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    Higher education literature lacks frameworks and models that consider women of color mentoring and fewer that discuss virtual mentorship among women of color. This work examined a successful and productive virtual mentorship and explored the key features of the mentorship, how the mentorship was maintained virtually, and the benefits and...
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    committee members: Kathryn McIntosh, Lucy Arellano, Larry Roper, Jessica Beck, and Allison Hurst - Thank