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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Educational access"”.
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Facilitating educational access for children with learning disabilities: The implementation of inclusive education in South Africa
… namely Education White Paper 6, has facilitated access to mainstream schooling for children with learning disabilities. The study was based on collecting data from a sample of full-service public and independent schools as well as special schools in Gauteng. The study found that the …
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Creating A Comprehensive Supportive Policy That Provides Equal Educational Access For The Mentally Ill Student: A Policy Advocacy Document
… mental illness, as well as an analysis of the educational, economic, social, political, moral, and ethical issues were used to inform the creation of this policy. Stafford High School in Stafford School District (psuedonym) is highlighted as an implementer of the proposed policy, as as a model …
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Education and Civil Conflict: The Negative Effects of Intolerant Curricula in Kosovo, Pakistan, and Sudan
… the globe, the question must be asked: are educational institutions creating citizens with a narrow view of “us vs. them” or an identity built on multiculturalism and acceptance? Through past research, it is obvious that education has either acted as an instigator or mitigator of civil …
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Resettled Refugee Experiences of Aspiring To and Navigating Through the Postsecondary Access Process
… than 10% of refugees resettled in the U.S. make educational advancements of any kind post-resettlement, and only six percent of refugees worldwide have entered postsecondary education (Capps and Fix, 2015; Ferede, 2018; Kerwin, 2012; Mendenhall, Russell and Buckner, 2017; U.S. Department of …
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The environment of poverty and the limits of girlhood: The struggle for the right to an education in North India. Gareebi Ka Mahual Aur Ladkeo Ki Hud
… dissertation explored the lived worlds and educational experiences of adolescent girls living in poverty in North India. Class, caste, gender, and regionally-based inequalities result in striking disparities leading to restricted, gendered opportunities and individual freedoms. The purpose …
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A novel way to learn: black educational fiction from reconstruction to the Harlem renaissance
… of black fiction in tandem with black educational advancement from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance. By reading education in the novels of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sutton Griggs, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Jessie Redmon Fauset, I reveal an underexplored genealogy of black …
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Education on the Underground Railroad: A Case Study of Three Communities in New York State (1820-1870)
… 1850-1870 by examining household patterns and educational access for African American school-age children in three communities: Sandy Ground, Syracuse, and Watertown. These communities were selected because of their involvement in the Underground Railroad. I employed a combination of …
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Factors Impacting Doctoral Success: A Phenomenological Study
… 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 findings revealed complex …
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Stateless (bidoon) children in Kuwait and the right to education
… particularly in relation to social policies and access to education. It also aims to better understand how families with the status of statelessness navigate their lives and provide education and opportunities for their children. My goal is to shed light on the lived experiences of Bidoon …
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REASONS TO ENROLL IN UNIVERSITY AND ACADEMIC CAREER.A SURVEY OF FRESHMEN IN A LARGE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ITALIANUNIVERSITY
… higher education. In contexts of widespread educational access, changing perceptions of education interact with socio-economic back- grounds and expectations to shape both enrollment decisions and academic outcomes. This study examines these dynamics by analyzing the reasons that influence …
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An agentic approach to investigating barriers to access and participation on the pathways of mature adult students in Namibia
Various shifts in the educational landscape of Namibia have made educational access and participation, particularly for mature adult students aiming to enter the teaching profession, difficult. While research on this phenomenon in Namibia is limited, the purpose of the current study is to …
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Public Subjects: Wayne State, Institutional Texts, And Public Rhetoric
… public subject within public debates about race, educational access, and economic development in the city of Detroit, even when such commitments to its local urban public sphere have existed uneasily alongside its ambition to function as a research university with a primary research mission within …
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From Strain to Success: A Phenomenological Study of the Personal and Academic Pressures on African American Male Community College Students
… effect on their academic progress. Since educational access and achievement are linked to economic well-being and social status, and since little is known about the experiences of African American male students in community colleges, this study explored male students' experiences and …
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Assessing the development of intercultural sensitivity gained through the domestic experiences of first year students
… more diverse and nationwide efforts to provide educational access and equity to underrepresented groups of people will only help to increase that diversity. Increased diversity combined with the need for institutions to produce graduates who are capable of living and working in a global society, …
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The dilemmas of womanhood and belonging in a Patriarchal Society: A Stiwanist analysis of Selected Radical Female African Novels
… effectively achieved. It was determined that educational access, financial autonomy, and regaining voice were vital tools for breaking patriarchal standards and fostering a renewed sense of belonging for African women in their communities and elsewhere.
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Preparing for Uncertainty: Exploring Access to Higher Education in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi
… oral histories and interviews, it explores educational access, the displacement of young people and their desire for higher education. This desire is linked to first, a self-realization that is expressed as control over their lives in a context of heightened uncertainty and second, an …
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Educational Encounters: (Re)Writing Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil and the U.S.
… and Angela Jackson—I analyze how shifts in educational access during the 1910s–1970s influenced these writers’ portrayals of identity as something learned and performed. Central to this study is the argument that these authors employ education as a narrative strategy, revealing the ways in …
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Religious Influences in Thai Female Education (1889-1931)
… examines the impact of religion on female access to education in Thailand from 1889 to 1931 -- the early Modernization Period in Thailand -- a critical time of advancement and modernization in the nation. Although Thailand had traditionally been a Buddhist nation-state, Protestant …
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The Forms of Capital and Intergenerational Change in Higher Education Access: A Case Study of Aranguez
The study explores higher education access in a marginalised community within a post-colonial context, specifically, why access was low given supportive government policies. The case study of Aranguez, a former sugar-cane plantation in Trinidad, involved interviews with descendants of East Indian …
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