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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Institutional Agents"”.
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Understanding institutional agents’ engagement and function in supporting undocumented and DACA students in higher education across academic disciplines
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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A Struggle So Beautiful: The Roses That Rise From Concrete: Exploring Transformative Ruptures in the Higher Education Journeys of Formerly Incarcerated Latinx/a/o Students Through Relationships with Institutional Agents
… experiences in engaging in relationship with institutional agents. Using a critical qualitative race methodology, the research presents the findings from thirty-five one-on-one interviews with twenty student participants and fifteen institutional agents identified by the students as having an …
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Expansão urbana e estruturação de bairros do Rio de Janeiro: o caso de Botafogo
… its economic, demographic, social, politic and institutional agents.
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Adolescent perspectives of the ecological impact of a Summer Youth Employment Program
… difference in the lives of others and supportive institutional agents can have a profound effect on one‘s ability to gain social capital and work toward goal setting and attainment; and (c) programs, such as the SYEP, make a difference in the lives of youth and help them make connections to …
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Exploring College Knowledge: Diálogo Between College Counselors and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Latinx Public High School Students
… Latinx students. Framed by Social Capital Theory-Institutional Agents and Lat Crit, and employing plática methodology, this study aimed to understand the experiences of both college counselors and Latinx high school students as they enter in diálogo around the college guidance process. This …
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Empowering Connections: The Role of Significant Individuals and Social Networks on the Persistence and Validation of First-Generation Latinx College Students
… institution. The theoretical constructs of institutional agents/social capital and validation were utilized as critical lenses to examine the undergraduate experiences of first-generation Latinx college students and help explicate how access to key individuals and meaningful relationships …
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Hispanic/Latina student nurse perceptions of institutional factors influencing retention and graduation from a baccalaureate nursing program
… nursing (BSN) program regarding the influence of institutional factors upon their retention and graduation. Institutional factors were broadly defined and included programs, policies, curriculum, and the social encounters that occurred while engaging in these factors. The data were collected using …
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Narratives of Directors of Disability Services: Forms of Social Capital in Practice
… in this study revealed their value as “institutional agents,” rather than simply being caretakers and “service providers.”
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Motivating factors of academic advisors supporting undocumented students in higher education
… specifically as it relates to personal, institutional, and political factors. Advisors work directly with students throughout college, and are one of the most important aspects of the student experience, serving a key role towards student and institutional success. Undocumented students …
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A Conceptual Model on the Impact of Mattering, Sense of Belonging, Engagement/Involvement, and Socio-Academic Integrative Experiences on Community College Students’ Intent to Persist
… students and the institution, and students and institutional agents are taking place, with the aim of identifying institutional practices that deleteriously or positively impact degree completion and thus guide colleges to develop action plans to improve conditions for student success.</p> …
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Realising Our Best Intentions: Vision, Values and Voice in Community Non-government Organisations of the Aotearoa \New Zealand Mental Health Sector
… In addition, it examines the wider, societal and institutional pressures that influence how important features of a recovery discourse, such as empowerment and an ordinary life in community, are articulated and enacted within organisational environments. It also investigates how institutional …
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High school counselors’ knowledge and perspectives related to supporting undocumented students to navigate post-secondary options
… Choice (2006) and Stanton-Salazar’s concept of Institutional Agents. Using this combined framework, the researcher was able to analyze the role that high school counselors' knowledge, resources, and beliefs play in undocumented high school students’ college process. This research aimed to answer …
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Situating the Identities and Experiences of Asian American Pacific Islander Students at an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution
… misinformed, apathetic, and exclusionary institutional and educational policies and practices (Museus & Kiang, 2009; S. J., Lee, 1996; S. J., Lee, 2005; Teranishi, 2007). Purpose: This qualitative study aimed to raise awareness of the complexity of AAPI student identities and experiences …
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Empowering Voices: Perspectives and Experiences of Latino and Black Men in Minority Serving Institutions’ Male Success Initiatives
… providing positive support, and engaging with institutional agents. Aspirational Capital is enhanced as MSIs assist participants in focusing on their goals and ambitions. Familial Capital is evidenced through the role of MSIs as familial spaces that provide foundational support for success. …
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Examining Factors Related to Access to Rigorous High School Physics for Black Males: Evidence From the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
<p>In the landscape of American education, Black male students face significant barriers in accessing advanced science courses, a challenge that underscores broader issues of equity and inclusion. This study investigated the factors influencing Black male high school students’ access to earn …