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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"academic capital"”.
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Invisible Disabilities, Academic Capital and Competitiveness of Genetic Counseling Applicants
… invisible diversities, as well as explore their academic capital (AC), a theoretical framework used to identify factors that make students more likely to succeed in post-secondary work including supportive networks, trustworthy information, family uplift, college knowledge, overcoming barriers, …
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An exploration of first-generation college students' experiences of classism, belonging, and academic resilience
… marginalization) campus cultural fit, academic capital, and academic resilience – and their cumulative effect on well-being and intention to persist in a sample (N = 395) of first-generation college students. Results of the partially latent structural regression model supported several …
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Factors Influencing College Readiness: Supports and Barriers Experienced by Academically Resilient First-Generation Hispanic Males
… showed the significant role of supports such as academic capital and college knowledge, a systematic focus on college readiness, college readiness and bridge programs, and a strong counseling program for these students. In addition, it was evident that the students’ familial connections to …
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Investigating Barriers Experienced By Underrepresented Minorities In Becoming A Competitive Genetic Counseling Applicant
… GC applicant have not yet been described. Academic capital (AC) is a theoretical framework describing the social processes necessary for individuals to navigate and succeed in higher education. This study aimed to characterize barriers experienced by applicants who self-identify as …
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Pride and prejudice : the socialisation of nurse educators
… Pierre Bourdieu‘s relational concepts of field, capital and habitus are applied as a template through which the accounts of nurse educators are filtered and interpreted. In this thesis I will argue that nurse educators experience difficult transitions in and between the fields in which they …
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How to better retain teachers in one-way K-12 language immersion programs
… and cross-sections of society, but it raises the academic capital of the students who are a part of it. Also, as this study aims to promote, it is a part of the fabric of the school, school district to which it belongs, and the greater community of citizens that surrounds it. Very important to …
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Roses that Grew from the Concrete: A Critical Investigation of the Intersection of Race and Gender on the Lived Experiences of African American Male Senior Student Affairs Officers at Predominately White Institutions
… Responses and (7) Increasing Personal and Academic Capital. This study is unique in that it gives voice to the lived experiences of African American male SSAOs and provides several practical implications for African American males who are aspiring SSAOs.
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A Relational Analysis of the Writing Cafe: Social Learning, Participant Experiences and Tensions in Higher Education
… space designed to support the development of academic writers within one Higher Education institution. The relationship between learning, space and practices is an emerging area for researchers and this thesis makes a productive contribution to knowledge by using Bourdieu’s relational …