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The Black Graduate Student's Employment Dilemma: Predominantly Black Versus Predominantly White Work Settings
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Variables differentiating between the selection of a predominantly white university and a predominantly black college by black women
… the characteristics of those women attending a predominantly black college with those of women attending a predominantly white state university. The institutions used in this study were Tuskegee Institute and The University of Alabama, both of which are relatively old and traditional and are …
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Beyond the Letters: Understanding the Importance of Black Women's Sense of Belonging in Predominantly White Sororities At Predominantly White Institutions
… increasing racial diversity in higher education, predominantly White institutions (PWIs) often maintain environments where racial dynamics can significantly influence the student experience, particularly in social organizations such as sororities. The literature emphasizes the importance of …
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SCHOOLED: Hiphop Composition at the Predominantly White University
<p>This dissertation asks what hiphop is doing in predominantly white higher-educational contexts, specifically in composition classrooms. Using ethnographic, autoethnographic, and historical methods, it finds that hiphop’s work in composition classrooms at PWIs is contradictory. This mixed-methods …
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Examining Campus Based Multicultural Centers At Predominantly White Institutions
Campus based multicultural centers at predominantly White institutions have the surmountable task of both supporting marginalized identities and educating the majority White community on diversity and social justice issues. As a unit, often placed under student affairs, multicultural centers are …
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Minority administrators’ perspectives on leadership in predominantly white schools
… minority administrators have chosen to work in predominantly White schools. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the professional and personal experiences of minority administrators located in predominantly White suburban school districts in one affluent county located in …
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Minority Students' Transition Experiences at a Predominantly White Institution
… experiences of minorities and women attending predominantly White institutions. In addition, the study addressed the link between transition and retention to second semester and the second year of college. The Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) (Baker & Siryk, 1999) measures the …
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Causes of Alienation Among Black Students at Two Predominantly White Universities
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that foster or inhibit the academic and social integration of Black students at two predominately white institutions. A second purpose of this study is to discover the factors influencing Black student alienation. The survey instrument was …
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Fetal Programming and Later Obesity in a Predominantly Latino WIC Population
… the group from whom the data is gathered are predominantly immigrants or first generation descendants of immigrants from Mexico.</p>
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The Infinite Maze: Students of Color in a Predominantly White University
This method can provide us with useful insights into analyzing the role of schools for the marginalized. Drawing upon CRT, I bring forth an alternative epistemological way of looking at the reality of students of color. If educational research is to change, then we must rewrite epistemology and …
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Leadership Behaviors and Practices of Principals in Predominantly Minority Elementary Schools
… behaviors and practices of principals in predominantly minority elementary schools deemed effective and principals in predominantly minority elementary schools deemed marginally effective. The sample consisted of 20 schools (e.g., 10 effective and 10 marginally effective) in a mid-Atlantic …
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A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF TWO PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS
… was to explore stakeholders’ perspectives of two predominantly African American community youth choral organizations. My research questions included: (1) How do participants describe their experiences with the organization?, (2) What benefits and challenges do participants illuminate inside the …
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Understanding Black Undergraduate Females' Sense of Belonging at a Predominantly White Institution
… their need for a sense of belonging on a predominantly White campus in order to achieve higher-level opportunities of classroom and campus success. Sense of belonging is defined as the ability to connect, feel validated, accepted, and matter. This understanding is key to Black …
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Their Story: College Persistence Of Hispanic/Latino Students At Predominantly White Institutions
… Hispanic/Latino students’ college experiences at Predominantly White, 4-year institutions in an effort to better understand what these students perceived as contributing factors to their sense of belonging and persistence through their first year. Participants included individuals classified as …
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Examining Multiple Identity Dimensions with Native Students at a Predominantly White University
… as their perceptions of campus culture and how a predominantly White campus affects their college experience.</p>
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Social experiences of African-American female students on a predominantly white campus
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Experiences of Success by Minority Students Attending a Predominantly Caucasian Nursing Program
… minority nursing students to be successful in a predominantly Caucasian prelicensure nursing program. The researcher sought to describe the influencing factors that led to success for minority students who attended a predominantly Caucasian nursing program. Seven minority students from a …
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Redefining the Black superwoman: Racial and gender microaggressions at predominantly white institutions
… Black women’s experiences at a large Midwestern predominantly white institution. The work explores the relevance of racial and gender microaggressions to the phenomena of the Strong Black Woman (SBW) or Black Superwoman (BSW) archetypes. Within traditional literature, unique experiences of Black …
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EXAMINING HOW MICROAGGRESSIONS IMPACT AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS
Microaggressions, or subtle forms of racial discrimination, are making campus
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