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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"African American Student"”.
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Race, Sense of Belonging, and the African American Student Experience at Predominantly White Institutions
… methodology to explore the lived experiences of African American students at a predominantly White institution. The purpose of this study was to identify how race impacts the sense of belonging of African American students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). This study highlighted the …
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African-American student perceptions of their parents' and guardians' attitudes towards education and academic achievement
The purpose of this study was to examine African-American student perceptions of their parents' and guardians' attitudes towards education and academic achievement at five urban schools in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. One hundred four sixth grade African-American students responded to …
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We too have a history: African American student experiences at Eastern Illinois University 1967-1982
… white population, in 1967 only 35 Black students were enrolled. However, in just six years that number would increase twelve times the original number to 425. This project attempts to capture students’ experiences during that rapid growth. Similar to college campuses across the nation …
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"""A Voice for the Voiceless"" African American Student Engagement with Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools"
… has been tasked with the challenge to educate students of varying experiences, opportunities, and motivations. It is interesting how motivation, particularly lack of motivation, impacts the educational aspirations of schoolchildren. This research examines student motivation, particularly from …
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Teachers' Critical Perceptions on Improving Elementary African American Student Achievement Through Culturally Relevant Teaching in California
… relevant teaching practices in the classroom for African American elementary students (K-6) in California. Voluntary qualitative interviews were conducted with 7 participants who had elementary school working experience.</p> <p>A summary of the findings included the development of the following 3 …
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Desegregation at Kansas City's Central High School: Illuminating the African American student experience through oral history
… process of desegregation; Central High School’s student population promptly transformed from all white in 1955 to nearly all black in 1962. This project explores the history of Kansas City’s Central High School, investigating how the Kansas City, Missouri School District’s approach to …
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GETTING INTO GOOD TROUBLE: BUILDING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING PRACTICES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS
… necessary for teachers to fully support student learning and not accept "give-up-itis" from students is essential for success in mathematics, especially for African American students. In the participatory action research (PAR), I examined the extent to which upper elementary school …
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An Investigation of the Impact of Student Government Involvement at one Public Historically Black University on the Career Choice of African American Student Participants
The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation in collegiate student governance, the impact of that involvement and its influence on career choice for African-American participants, and to enlighten educators about role and value of collegiate student government participation. …
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The Promise of School Choice: Local School Control Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap in the Federal Context of Accountability
… the past five years there is no evidence that African American student standardized test scores on average have increased. This is not concluding that Schools of Choice has a negative effect on African American student achievement, but it is not showing any positive effects that can be related …
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BECOMING A STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR: A STUDY OF ANTICIPATORY SOCIALIZATION AND THE DECISION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO ENTER THE STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSION
The current and growing shortage of student affairs administrators is a growing concern among colleges and universities within the United States, and raising awareness and recruitment within the profession are recognized national priorities (NASPA, 2012). The growth and sustainability of the …
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The history of African American women at the University of Illinois, 1901-1939
The period known as the “nadir” of the African American experience—roughly between 1880 and 1920—happens to coincide with the matriculation of the first African American students at the predominantly white University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I). Most research conducted on the African …
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The Stares to Achievement: African American Youth Resist Risk and Rhetoric to Achieve Academic Success
For African American students, academic achievement is often discussed in terms of student deficits and cultural deficiencies. Citing high dropout rates and the achievement gap, focus is often centered on understanding African American achievement in terms of school failures. As such, African …
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Perceptions of African-American students in accredited marriage and family therapy programs: suggestions for improving recruitment and retention
… profession is comprised mostly of European-American clinicians. Although all academic programs accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) are required to demonstrate effort in recruiting African-American students, these efforts do not appear to be …
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A Comparative Examination of Student Satisfaction by Ethnicity at Historically Black and Predominately White Land-Grant Institutions
… providing quality educational experiences for students in an effective and efficient manner (Hatcher, Kryter, Prus, & Fitzgerald, 1992; Redd, 1998). Quality and overall effectiveness are measured by student outcomes, such as student retention, attrition, and graduation rates (Hatcher, et al., …
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Academic efficacy among adolescent African American males
The academic achievement gap between African American males and their White American counterparts is one of the most researched phenomena in educational and political circles. Current research proposes academic efficacy, sense of school belonging, and racial identity are internal psychological …
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Parenting Profiles of Academic and Racial Socialization: Associations With Academic Engagement and Perceptions of Academic Ability of African American Adolescents
… socialization are independently associated with African American student outcomes. Few investigations, however, have utilized a person-centered approach to explore whether these dimensions work in concert. The current investigation examines two dimensions of parental socialization practices: …
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Development and Validation of the Social Justice Involvement Scale (SJIS)
… of the SJIS were examined with a sample of 47 African American student participants. These University of Cincinnati students also completed an Organizational Activity Questionnaire, the Empowerment Scale (Rogers et al., 1996), and the Racial Awareness Identity Scale (Helms & Parham, 1996). …
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The R Factor: Centering Race in the Mentoring of African American College Students
… assistance and career guidance to college students of color whose experiences have been documented to be very different from those of their White counterparts. Achievement inequity, problems of persistence, experiences of racism and student reports of feeling marginalized and misunderstood …
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Exploring the Experiences of African American students with learning disabilities in the post-secondary setting
… the last 50 years, the overrepresentation of students from African American decent in special education programs has engendered much concern within the education community. In addition, the problem of disproportionate representation of African American students in special education exists in …
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Observing the Spirit of Resilience: The Relationship between Life Experiences and Success in Higher Education for African-American Students
Some African American students with challenging early life experiences appear vulnerable to failure in higher education. This vulnerability may be exacerbated when educators fail to recognize the relationship between the life experiences of African American students and their academic performance …
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