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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Underrepresented Groups"”.
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Retention of underrepresented groups in corporate agribusinesses: Assessing the intentions of underrepresented groups to remain working for corporate agribusinesses
… control in the workplace affects the intent of underrepresented groups to remain in working for their current corporate agribusiness. In current agriculture research, there are very few studies that focus on the experiences of underrepresented groups in corporate agribusinesses. There is also …
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Innovation, Insight, and Influence: Success Strategies in the Careers of Top R&D Technologists Who Are Women
… and qualitatively different for members of underrepresented groups in these organizations. Appreciating that members of underrepresented groups may approach innovation activities differently and be influenced by the organizational context differently, the study focuses on twenty …
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A WickEd Leadership Approach to Democratizing STEM Education
… to democratize access to STEM education for underrepresented groups. To do this, SC is embarking on an organizational change initiative to transform itself into a social enterprise by utilizing a WickEd leadership framework to elevate equity and provide high-quality, culturally responsive and …
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Access policy and practice in further and higher education: investigating “success” as access turns into widening participation
… earlier periods. This research focuses on the underrepresented student experience and perceptions of success within the PCET system. It uses a mainly qualitative approach to analyse the experience of staff and students in two further education (FE) colleges and two universities with traditions …
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Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Federal Workforce: Representative Bureaucracy and the Challenge of Multiculturalism
… the recognition and valuation of historically-underrepresented groups in public organizations. Yet, much public affairs discourse and numerous policy decisions are rooted in multiculturalism. The central question this research explores is whether multiculturalism is detrimental to theorizing …
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Supports of and Barriers to Pursuing a Natural Resource Degree and Career: Perspectives of Culturally Diverse Young Adults
… recruit and retain more young adults and underrepresented groups in the natural resource field, more knowledge must be gained about the specific variables that influence the choice of natural resource majors and careers. Therefore, this study aims to examine the supports and barriers that …
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Diversity in Programming Education: Effects of Topic and Group Constellation on Young Programming Novices
… created an urgent need for more heterogeneous groups in software engineering. This lack of diversity not only hinders underrepresented groups from entering the field but also prevents them from gaining initial programming experiences, which are a core component of software engineering and …
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Settling for Less: Restricted Awards Steer Women and Students of Color Away From More Lucrative Opportunities
… of a scholarship open only to members of underrepresented groups (i.e., women or people of color) impacts their decision to apply for more lucrative scholarships with no eligibility restrictions. Both people of color (Study 1) and women (Studies 2 and 3) were less likely to apply for a …
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An examination of perceived undergraduate student social support at a two-year institution in the United States southwest : a quantitative study.
… of U.S. higher education system, and access for underrepresented groups has been a top priority in recent decades with the passing of specific legislation. Despite growing efforts to recruit and retain students, underrepresented groups' understanding perceived social support and the differences …
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Intersected inequalities : how full funding for low-income students impacted class and gender disparities in undergraduate university programs.
… accreditation, findings imply that access for underrepresented groups at higher quality universities and higher prestige academic fields has improved in the period after 2015.
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Perspectives on Equity in Gifted Education
… written about certain aspects of equity, such as underrepresented groups in gifted education, little research has examined a more complex view of what makes a gifted education program equitable. More specifically, there was no research combining perceptions of the different aspects of equity in …
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Special Considerations in Gifted Identification: Increasing Access and Equitable Practices for Underrepresented Populations in an Urban School District
… The disparities in gifted education for underrepresented students persist despite the growth in schools across the country of low income and minority students. Despite efforts to tackle equity issues in gifted education the large gaps of disproportionality persist. Explanations for this …
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STUDENT CENSORSHIP IN THE SOCIAL WORK CLASSROOMS
… emerged and certain political and ideological groups such as the religious and conservatives have become underrepresented. As a result, over the years the liberal philosophies have emerged as the dominant group. This has led to a decrease in diversity within the field. Recognition of biases in …
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Assessing the development of intercultural sensitivity gained through the domestic experiences of first year students
… 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, has created the need for …
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The lived experience of African American female caregivers in a community-based support program: A Heideggerian Hermeneutic study
… of these participants. Further research with underrepresented groups is needed to determine how to support caregivers in a culturally sensitive method. These findings should warn researchers to validate labels such as burden, problem, and obligation with participants before assuming such …
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Motivation and Perceived Barriers for Underrepresented Students Interested in Art Therapy
… concerns were the greatest barrier across all groups. The major limitation was the sample’s small proportion of underrepresented groups. While the majority was female, the proportion who identified as neither female nor male was double the size of the male cohort. Future studies should continue …
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Gender, Ethnicity, and Physics Education: Understanding How Black Women Build Their Identities as Scientists
… on the underrepresentation of minoritized groups in scientific careers. The study is an analysis of the relationships between race, gender, and those with careers in the sciences, focusing on the lived experiences of Black women physicists, as viewed through the lens of women scientists in …
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Development and Evaluation of a Framework for Mentor-Based Engineering Outreach
… However, the number of people from historically underrepresented groups—such as women, Indigenous, Black, and Hispanic engineers—falls short of parity with the population [1-4].Mentoring programs successfully improve interest in engineering and perceptions of the field for people in the groups …
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Data-driven Algorithms for Critical Detection Problems: From Healthcare to Cybersecurity Defenses
… across prediction classes and demographic groups. We systematically evaluate these disparities and propose a Double Prioritized (DP) bias correction method that significantly improves the model performance for underrepresented groups and reduces biases. Cyber threats, such as ransomware and …
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An Exploration of the Experiences of First-Generation College Students in Lasallian Higher Education
… has become more accessible to traditionally underrepresented groups, more of these types of students - such as first-generation college students - have started to matriculate on campuses across the country. Existing research on first-generation college students focuses on the characteristics …
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