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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Underserved Students"”.
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Enhancing Access and Success of Underserved Students in Dual Enrollment Programs
… and targeted success mechanisms for Black students and students from low-income families. The lived experiences of four former students from diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds, and the perspectives of ten dual enrollment practitioners garnered from a purposeful sampling of two …
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The effect of first-year writing programs on the retention and persistence of historically underserved students
… completion rates to be more appealing to future students. Most of the scholarly work on retention and persistence often emphasizes demographic differences or the psychological traits students possess. By contrast, this project specifically examined the role that first-year writing (FYW) courses …
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The Change: A Narrative-Informed Case Study Exploring the Tension between Structures and Agency in the Educational Trajectories of Engineering Students from Underserved Backgrounds
… power of an engineering degree for underserved students. Long positioned as a mechanism for moving up the social ladder, engineering education is often discussed as a mechanism for upward mobility, promising underserved students the opportunity to climb. However, a critical …
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Mission Possible: Collaborative Practice Promoting Student Success
<p>Educators working with underserved populations of students seek strategies that promote student engagement and success. Relationship-focused, collaborative practices can provide a framework to promote student success. In this study, I evaluated the program Individualized Student Success Plans …
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HOW CAN SCHOOL LEADERS SUPPORT TEACHERS IN BECOMING CULTURALLY PROFICIENT? LESSONS FROM TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS THAT SUPPORT CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING PRACTICES
… become culturally proficient in order to support underserved students. Employing a qualitative research methodology, with data gathered from school leader and teacher interviews, and document analysis, this study identified key components to improve culturally proficient practices. Policy …
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How Do Students From Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds Respond to Mathematics Instruction? An Exploration From Diverse School Settings
Understanding why low-income students consistently perform below their middle-income peers on achievement tests, particularly in mathematics, is an issue that has received no small amount of attention in recent years. This study contributes to this understanding by examining deeply the experiences …
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An Historical Policy Analysis of the Carl D. Perkins Legislation: Examining the History, Creation, Implementation and Reauthorization of the Law
… provisions to support services for disadvantaged students. In 1984, Congress established prescriptive provisions attaching funds to serve and address the needs of underserved students described as special populations. Vocational education’s focus expanded from 1963 -1984 to included provisions to …
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Identifying Teacher Perceptions of Teaching At-Promise Students Online in an Alternative School
… Matrix of Behaviors Toward Academically At-risk Students. Eight participants were selected to participate in this study, and data collected using semi-structured one-on-one interviews, classroom observations, and a collection of document artifacts. Data was transcribed and analyzed using …
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Higher education enrollment patterns by school district characteristics: An analysis of relationships between student educational contexts and postsecondary enrollment
… access and attainment for historically underserved students is an ongoing priority for states and higher education institutions, but the educational and community contexts informing student enrollment decisions needs to be better understood. This study used 2016-2017 K-12 district …
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Loan debt burden, student experiences, and livelihood: A study examining relationships between students’ education costs, financial viability, and life impact
… politicized issue, disproportionately affecting students in underserved and underresourced school districts. The study emphasizes the impact of systemic racism and policymaking in perpetuating poverty through higher education, emphasizing the need for equitable policy establishment. Economic …
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Evaluation of Valley Healthcare System Inc. School-Based Health Clinic/Center at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary School in Columbus, Georgia
… and improving educational outcomes among underserved students. In Columbus, Georgia, barriers such as limited insurance, transportation challenges, and provider shortages contribute to unmet health needs, which are linked to increased absenteeism. To address these issues, Valley Healthcare …
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Writing the Next Chapter: A Critical Case Study of Undocumented Immigrant College Students’ Lived Experiences
Over 65,000 undocumented immigrant high school students graduate each year, and many have strong aspirations to continue into a post-secondary institution (Drachman, 2006; Perez, 2010). However, less than 13,000 are actually able to do so (Diaz-Strong, Gomez, Luna-Duarte, & Meiners, 2010). I …
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Community college dual credit: differential participation and differential impacts on college access and completion
… take hold in Illinois, using a large cohort of students who completed high school in spring 2003. The research sought to answer critical questions about the average outcomes of students participating in dual credit and the average outcomes of sub-samples of students of color and low-income …
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High school principals’ influence in college and career readiness for students from historically underserved populations: practices that build upon capital within schools
… focused on college and career readiness for all students, but in particular students from historically underserved backgrounds, and to identify and describe the characteristics that they shared (Stake, 2005, 2006). This study involved case study research methods, with two case study sites. I …
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Building a diverse health professions workforce? Changes in enrollment and completion among underserved populations in grant supported health professions pathways
… have found that health professionals from underserved populations are more likely to provide care for medically underserved populations, who in turn are more likely to seek care from providers who have the same racial and ethnic background as themselves (Balogun, Sloan, & Hardney, 2005; …