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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Discriminatory Policies"”.
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School Based Policies Protecting LGBTQ+ Youth
… students reported experiencing LGBTQ+ related discriminatory policies or practices in their schools (GLSEN, 2019). While there is legislation in place that should standardize compliance and equality within school districts, there is often a discrepancy in implementation and follow through in …
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Black Youth Educational Under-Achievement Problem: How Peer Influence, Social Attitudes, Education Policy, & Family Circumstance Unite to Maintain this Problem in the Ontario Public School System
… and social marginalization of black people, and discriminatory policies and practices in the Ontario public school system, are all factors that combine to produce the deviant black-youth-identity we talk so much about today.
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The adventures of GI Jane: Women in the military
… lives, they still are frequently exposed to discriminatory policies and actions. This study examines the United States military, which is a specific institution that embodies this paradox. While the military offers women certain opportunities, such as a college education, travel and …
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Turkish-Kurdish Conflict: An Ethno-Symbolist Exploration of Turks' and Kurds' Territorial Homeland Claims
… assumed that ethnic conflicts occur due to the discriminatory policies on the part of the state. As a reaction to those policies, ethnic groups resist with rebellious elements. However this assimilation-resistance paradigm only considers the civic integration efforts of the state and fails to …
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The Mediterranean Crisis
… environment in Europe and as a result, most EU policies today focus on preventing migrants from reaching European borders. In this thesis, I argue that the paucity of knowledge and lack of preliminary communication and pre-warning on the scale of the Mediterranean crisis by the European Union, …
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School to Prison Pipeline Unmasked: Review of how the School to Prison Pipeline Reinforces Disproportionality in Mass Incarceration
<p>Strict law and order policies, due to the War on Drugs, enacted in the 1970's have led to the mass incarceration that continues to plague communities of color. Simultaneously, zero tolerance policies in the nation’s schools have helped to fuel the mass incarceration of people of color by …
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Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Patient Portal Use in the Mental Health Context
… underutilized in mental health settings, with policies in some health care organizations restricting all access to mental health records through patient portals. A qualitative evidence synthesis was conducted to explore the perspectives of clinicians and patients on portal use in the mental …
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Land Access as Liberation: A Qualitative Study on Faith, Food, and Farming of Urban and Rural Black Land Stewards in the United States
… nation's farmland, a direct result of race-based discriminatory policies embedded within federal, state, local, and county-level institutions (Daniel, 2013). Structural barriers—ranging from exclusionary lending practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the systematic dispossession …
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Enabling the Great War: Ex-Servicemen, the Mixed Economy of Welfare and the Social Construction of Disability, 1899-1930
… a social issue. Far from being exclusionary and discriminatory, policies aimed at disabled ex-servicemen were sensitive to the economic and social barriers which persons with impairment faced. These barriers included: discrimination; inaccessible public buildings and transport; poor employment …
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Chilean Education Paradigms: The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Education Reforms and their Impacts on Mapuche Education Systems
… access to education through exacerbating discriminatory, financial elements at the hands of the rise of privatized education. To support this, I will initially analyze neoliberal dictator Augusto Pinochet's education policies and reforms starting in 1980. To fully understand these …
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The perceived scarcity of land and the role of civic authorities in resolving land disputes: Chowa Mpanga area in Kabwe peri-urban.
… through sheer neglect or predatory and discriminatory policies. In Africa land is held in high esteem by all members of society, it is appreciated by all members of the community as it is considered the beginning of all life and development, it is sacred to the common African man. The …
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The perceived scarcity of land and the role of civic authorities in resolving land disputes: Chowa Mpanga area in Kabwe peri-urban.
… through sheer neglect or predatory and discriminatory policies. In Africa land is held in high esteem by all members of society, it is appreciated by all members of the community as it is considered the beginning of all life and development, it is sacred to the common African man. The …
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Quality assurance in higher education : an international survey of current practice and lessons for South Africa
… distorted over time as a result of apartheid's discriminatory policies. This study looks at the extent to which South Africa has relied on models of quality assurance developed in older academic systems, notably those in Europe. The study is interested in how much South Africa's approach has …
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Experiences of women who have completed a job skills training programme and their ability to access employment opportunities
… Africa. Despite the countries’ legislation and policies to promote the rights and social position of women, many remain unemployed and disempowered, face ongoing discrimination and are not able to access resources including educational opportunities. This dissertation reports on the outcomes of …
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Prussian Bureaucrats and the Jews in West, South, and New East Prussia, 1772-1807
This dissertation examines policies towards the Jews in late eighteenth-century Prussia, paying particular attention to its eastern provinces in present-day Poland. Drawing on archival sources from Germany, Poland, Israel, and the US, it complicates traditional narratives of eighteenth-century …
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Racist and anti-racist social work - black and white placements perspectives
… out at a particular moment in the history of antidiscriminatory social work developments, when CCETSW incorporated anti-racist learning requirements in the Diploma in Social Work (Paper 30). This was an initiative which acknowledged the manifestation of racism in the social work arena, and made it …
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Revolution, military personnel and the War of Liberation in Bangladesh
… different East Pakistanis were subjected to the discriminatory policies of the ruling elite in Pakistan which led to the wholesale alienation of the Bengalis. The 1970 general election worked as a catalyst to sharpen the east-west confrontation still further. The post-election negotiation between …
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Generations Apart: A Mixed Methods Study of Black Women's Attitudes About Race and Social Activism
… transformation to eliminate or change discriminatory policies, practices, and procedures. With each passing generation, Black women have led efforts of resistance against racial discrimination, gender bias, and class exploitation. However, with each passing generation, the concept and …
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Equity-focused leadership: The leadership practices and beliefs of principals in academically successful schools serving students from marginalized communities
… denied access to opportunity structure based on discriminatory policies, practices, structures, and systems. This lack of equitable access and educational experiences have led to inequitable outcomes, which persist despite efforts over the past 30 years to repay the educational debt and narrow …
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Factors Impacting Doctoral Success: A Phenomenological Study
… I examined historical challenges and influential policies that affected educational access for Black individuals. Through participant interviews, I identified critical success factors in completing doctoral programs, particularly among those in education and who were fraternity members. My …
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