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"This culture is nurturing and caring" : ethnographic account of a campus climate from the perspective of African-American students

Creator:: Blue, Loris A.
Abstract:: Different racial/ethnic groups often perceive the realities of the campus environment differently: This difference in perspective and the attendant reactions can be a factor in student satisfaction or dissatisfaction. A quantitative survey administered in 1996 and 1999 revealed that African-American students on the campus of a diverse two-year community college...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Leveraging the Power of Institutional Agents for Students of Color : Understanding the Factors Which Influence Engagement at Community Colleges

Creator:: Hernandez Chapar, Judith W.
Abstract:: Student engagement with faculty is positively associated with increases in the retention and graduation rates of students enrolled in institutions of higher education. Although a considerable amount of research has focused on understanding the engagement experiences of students enrolled at four-year colleges and universities, little emphasis has been placed on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Finally, the third manuscript investigated the pre-college student factors and undergraduate experiences

Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

Creator:: Zaragoza, Mariana C.
Abstract:: There is an ever growing number of Latinas/os who reside and have settled permanently in rural America. Unbeknownst to most, rural Latinas/os face adversities unfamiliar to those living outside of this scope. As it stands, the barriers urban Latinas/os students face when transitioning to college has been well documented. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development? As the Latina/o college student population increases, it is vital to examine their transition

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland Community College during the 1970 fall term. The basic areas covered by the Student Information

African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

Creator:: Emerson, Dana M.
Abstract:: Background: African American males' experience in higher education is often categorized with negative terminology that does not reflect notions of success. Most research addressing the success of African American males in higher education illuminates factors that impede access to success and is often situated in university settings. Very little research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: achievement” (p. 45). Why are African American males not succeeding in community college? Student success

Shades of Color at OAC, 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton

Creator:: Landis, Lawrence A.
Abstract:: Palmer Patton was a student of color at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) from 1916-1920. He received bachelors and masters degrees in agriculture. He was African-American but identified as white. This presentation explores Patton's life before, during and after his years at OAC. This presentation was made at OSU's Lonnie B....
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: Wikipedia Editathons in the Valley Library – Writing PNW African American History into Wikipedia – Feb. 28

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

Creator:: Meza Discua, José Luis
Abstract:: Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Community College …………………………………………….. 13 Social Cognitive ………………………………………………… 14 Self-Efficacy

International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

Creator:: Visconti, Lauren A.
Abstract:: Projected to reach one million people next year, international students in the United States are undergoing a transformative educational migration. Moving away from the existing study abroad paradigm is the first step to more accurately understand the lived experience of an educational migrant. Discovering the perceptions of what value an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: that address student mobilities from a rigorous social science perspective; however, none of the

Sites of Memory : Black Women's Geographies, #SayHerName, and Black Hair Politics

Creator:: Adkins, Daryl
Abstract:: According to Katherine McKittrick, black women’s geographies reveal and confront geographies of domination that have been erased or considered unworthy of analysis. This thesis positions #SayHerName protests and natural kink/coiled hair within a black women’s geographic analysis suggesting that both body and hair politics provide historical and contemporary geographic clues...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: published in the 2015 African American Policy Forum report. Crenshaw and Ritchie’s report documents the

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

Creator:: Powell, William N.
Abstract:: Researching what I believe to be exclusionary practices in higher education against African Americans has compelled me to approach this subject, in part, historically. Although I realize that a historical chronology of any subject is often deceptive, as with any writer, I am tempted to interpret events to fit my...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' Pathological Need to Teach and Disseminate Mythologically False African American History in Higher Education

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"This culture is nurturing and caring" : ethnographic account of a campus climate from the perspective of African-American students

Leveraging the Power of Institutional Agents for Students of Color : Understanding the Factors Which Influence Engagement at Community Colleges

Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

Shades of Color at OAC, 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

Sites of Memory : Black Women's Geographies, #SayHerName, and Black Hair Politics

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

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