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Creator:: Kagume, Daphne Wambui
Abstract:: Kenyan women exhibit a pattern of unequal access and participation to education, particularly Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) subjects and careers. This is the result of documented challenges that include cultural attitudes that overburden girls with chores to the detriment of their school work, and a preference by parents to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: multiple case study was carried out to determine the individual and social factors that help Kenyan women

Creator:: Berry, Linda Converse
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore, through their own voices, the higher education experiences of selected urban American Indian females in California community colleges. This study is an attempt to identify pathways to academic success by teasing out college practices and support systems that help Native women navigate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the path of higher education, comment that “No known study has investigated the role of cultural

Creator:: Pascoe, Jason J.
Abstract:: Student engagement in a course plays a vital role in a student’s ability to process and construct knowledge. Student engagement research has investigated how students engage in and out of the classroom on a macro scale, through observation and survey data collection of large student populations, which lack focus on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: engagement; case study; higher education 2.2 Introduction The role of engagement in education has

Creator:: Hugmeyer, Andrea Doyle
Abstract:: The increasingly corporatized and privatized public university has resulted in significant role changes for students and faculty. Among these changes includes the development of online education and its proliferation among various disciplines to not only increase educational access, but to sustain budgetary program needs. Such processes are occurring in women's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: outcomes of women participating in higher education, specifically illustrating how women experience

Creator:: Durand, Elizabeth Victoria
Abstract:: Previous research suggests that little is known about female mentoring relationships, particularly among undergraduate students. The purpose of the present study was to investigate mentoring relationships experienced by female undergraduate merchandising management students. The investigation included the overall prevalence of mentoring experiences, the specific kinds of mentor roles, the prevalent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: relatively slow advancement of women into higher levels of management (Avery, 1989; Noe, 1988; Ricketts

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