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Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Creator:: Smith, Dorian
Abstract:: African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap. Abstract approved

A qualitative study designed to explore some factors that white educators need to teach black students effectively

Creator:: Henry, Calvin Oscar Leon
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore some of the factors White educators need to teach Black students effectively. It examined what role the race of the teachers may play in Black students' academic success and whether White teachers are able and willing to meet the educational needs of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: terms, Black and African American, are interchangeably used by the researcher to describe people of

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

"A Monument to Jim Crow": Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital

Creator:: Du Plessis, Lihani
Abstract:: “A Monument to Jim Crow’: Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital” examines the proposed Congressional bill to build a segregated black veterans hospital as a memorial to Booker T. Washington in Franklin County, Virginia. This paper examines the developing ideology of racial...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: slightly from racial liberalism in that it idealized the current state of the United States. In contrast

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Creator:: Griffin, Betty Sue
Abstract:: School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine if: (1) Educational background has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Examining Hypertension Prevalence and Health Behavior Practices of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

Creator:: Nikuze, Scholastique
Abstract:: African-born population is one of the fastest growing group in the United States. Very little is known about their socio-demographic characteristics, health behavior practices and long-term health. The purpose of this study was to examine hypertension prevalence, health behavior practices and the impact socio-demographic factors have on these outcomes among...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Hypertension Prevalence and Health Behavior Practices of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

Creator:: Hendrix, George A.
Abstract:: The focus of this study is a search for the voice of African American community college trustees as they work to impact the changes community colleges must make over the next quarter century. It examined the lived experiences and perceptions that selected African American community college trustees have of their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Selected African American Community College Trustees. Abstract approved The focus of this study

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

Creator:: Bertha, Clarissa
Abstract:: My research is looking at the cultural and kinship ties of African and Native peoples and how our worlds were forged together by colonization, bonded during the institutionalize state of shackles and slavery and how the legacy of these tools of genocide are now tearing us apart. Being of mixed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Being of mixed African and Native American heritage, I understand the significant role slavery and its

College students perceptions of the influence of their black high school educators

Creator:: Hooper, C. Michelle
Abstract:: The student perspective is a largely ignored element of educational research. This study used the college student viewpoint to assess the influence Black high school educators have on their pupils. Given today's reality of racism in this society, the existing literature addressing this topic is inadequate. Using an open-ended questionnaire,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , three as Black/African American/non-Hispanic, seven as Hispanic or Latino American, and six as American

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Creator:: Dubyak, Erin A.
Abstract:: Within the U.S. there is a growing interest in the case of female adolescents being coerced into the sex industry (Bernstein, 2010; Estes & Weiner, 2001; Soderlund, 2010; Williams and Frederick, 2009). This interest, which emerged due to U.S. involvement in the international trafficking phenomena and grassroots organizing, has resulted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: commercial sexual exploitation. The staff works with clients, largely African American and all females aged

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

A qualitative study designed to explore some factors that white educators need to teach black students effectively

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

"A Monument to Jim Crow": Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Examining Hypertension Prevalence and Health Behavior Practices of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

College students perceptions of the influence of their black high school educators

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

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