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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"school and community networks"”.
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Cultural capital in urban communities as a pathway to engineering at a predominantly white institution: Narratives of African American women in engineering
… goal of this research study is to gain an understanding of the unique first year experiences of five minority women in pursuit of engineering degrees at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI). The three-essay dissertation examines two research questions specifically, 1) As African American girls …
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The Underrepresentation of Marginalizied Parents in Family-School-Community Networks: A Matter of Social Justice in Urban Public School Systems
<p>The call for action described and supported in this dissertation in practice focuses on the complex issue of parental engagement. It looks closely at African American families and community members being marginalized by urban public school settings. This work provides a clear analysis of causal …