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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"minority participation"”.
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Perceptions of industrial/technology education program leaders regarding minority participation in programs at the collegiate level
… level regarding the underrepresentation of minority faculty in industrial/ technology education. More specifically, the study solicited perceptions of program leaders on the impact of the educational reform movement relative to equity issues. Opinions were solicited to determine the extent …
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The effect of the Chicago Science Explorers Program on teachers' attitudes about teaching science: A program designed to increase minority participation in science
… of the program as a factor to increase minority involvement in science and to assess the effect the program had on the development of positive attitudes toward teaching science. The sample was drawn from urban and suburban teachers who had participated in the program during three …
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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN FOREST SERVICE PLANNING IN ARIZONA
… this study has been an investigation of citizen participation in USDA Forest Service land management planning for the Coronado National Forest (CNF) in southeastern Arizona. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this research combined concepts from the fields of sociology, political science, …
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Essays in empirical political economy
… consists of four chapters on the causes of voter participation. In the first chapter, I study the effects of voting costs through a novel, quasi-experimental design based on geographic discontinuities. I compare parcels and census blocks located near borders between adjacent voting precincts. …
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An investigation of the roles and functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII
The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the roles and functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII. It was also the intent of this study to determine if there existed signif icant differences on the ranking of roles and …
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Through The Looking Glass: Transparency in the WTO
… to publish national trade laws to civil society participation in the WTO. I argue that they all these transparency variations are linked as they relate to the organization’s democratization potential. This thesis has three goals: First, it offers an overview of scholarship discussing legitimacy …
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Constituents without citizenship? : immigrant political incorporation in new destinations
… past conflicts. In places where past native minority demands for civic inclusion were accommodated, institutions were changed to be more open to minority participation. Later, with new immigration, not only may newcomers have access to civic life through institutions designed for native …
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Assessing Social Support Utilization and Needs Among African-American Parents of a Child or Adult with Down syndrome
… organizations do to meet the support needs of minority (African American) families in the disability community? This study aims to give some insight into this important question, with focus on the Down syndrome community. Down syndrome is a common chromosome condition that affects ~1/732 live …
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Racial Disparity of African American Women in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment
… as well as determining their thoughts about participation in breast cancer clinical trials.</p> <p><strong>Procedure</strong>: A pilot study consisting of a focus group of 9 African American women who are all over the age of 40, and reside in Northern California. The women will complete the …
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Laying the Foundation in Genetic Medicine: Understanding Why African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos are Underrepresented in Genetic Testing and in Genetic Research
… with all the new advancements, there are still minority groups who are less visible when it comes to the uptake of some forms of genetic medicine. African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos have been shown to experience certain conditions more than Caucasians. In the 2008 African American profile …
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A Qualitative Analysis of School Leadership Behaviors and Levels of Representation of One Minority Population in Advanced Placement Courses in One Southeastern Virginia School District
… case study analyzes the underrepresentation of minority students in Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Virginia high schools and examines the influences that encourage school leaders to lessen the existing gaps at their assigned schools. Data from a division in southeastern Virginia summarizing …