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  • Autistic conflict in higher education

    Creator:
    Murray-Ritchie, Susan K.
    Abstract:
    This study documents three cases of protracted conflict in an institution of higher education. Work groups in conflict were studied for one year in order to create cases and to describe factors influencing conflict escalation. From these cases, autistic conflict as a descriptive construct was developed to illustrate one phase...
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    Dissertation
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    degree of Doctor of Education presented on April 29. 1998. Title: Autistic Conflict in Higher Education

  • Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

    Creator:
    Kosaki, Kayla Y.
    Abstract:
    In recent years, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between 2000 and 2010, and expected to nearly double in population size by 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012; Empowering Pacific Islander Communities & Asian Americans Advancing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Student Identity in Higher Education. Abstract approved

  • Women and Workplace Competition : A Study of Horizontal Hostility

    Creator:
    Stone, Erin A.
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    Throughout society, many believe women are not succeeding professionally because of the institutional barriers created by men in the American workforce. However, women may be more competitive with other women than with men, especially when limited job positions are the goal. Competitiveness among women can be explained by a phenomenon...
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    Masters Thesis
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    within higher education as well as other professional organizations in their efforts to support the

  • Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

    Creator:
    Powell, William N.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    Structural Oppression of African Americans in Higher Education

  • Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

    Creator:
    Merrill, Marina L.
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    This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
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    Dissertation
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    greater independence and access to resources, social support, and education. For example, one participant

  • Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

    Creator:
    Normandin, Kathleen
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    The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    transitioning from military life to college life at higher education institutions in the United States. This

  • Policies and practices of L.G.B.T. friendly institutions to support students who are attracted to more than one gender

    Creator:
    Zissen, Donald J.
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    Within the United States, the number of "out" Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) individuals attending a college or university is on the rise (Rosario, Schrimshaw, Hunter & Braun, 2006). With this increase, the new and/or different ways that lesbian and gay individuals can present and express their sexual orientation has...
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    Masters Thesis
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    self-identity their gender identities. In higher education, LGBT services on college campuses are

  • Weight Stigma and Its Associations with Health Behaviors Among Older Adults

    Creator:
    Phibbs, Sandi Cleveland
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    Having excess weight carries a negative social stigma in the U.S. Previous research has shown that experiencing stigma has negative physical and mental health consequences. Few studies have examined how experiencing weight stigma might act as a barrier to engaging in healthy behaviors among older adults. The purpose of this...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Sheryl!A.!Thorburn! ! ! ! Having!excess!weight!carries!a!negative!social!stigma!in!the!U.S

  • International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

    Creator:
    Visconti, Lauren A.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    higher education, but also to capture the beginning of a social movement that has become an integral

  • Early family risk and children's academic achievement

    Creator:
    Sektnan, Michaella A.
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    Children who have multiple family risk factors are at increased risk for poor developmental outcomes, including poor academic achievement. The present study focused on charting the pathways through which early family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and chronic maternal depressive symptoms...
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    mothers with lower education and higher depressive symptoms had lower levels of social competence at 54