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Title: A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
Author: Bailey, Jr., Ricardo
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investigating why this phenomenon is so prevalent in America’s collegiate STEM program...

Title: A Study of the Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement
Author: Crawford, Jamal
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description: No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, was the signature education legislation of the George W. Bush administration. NCLB was but the latest evolution of at least two pre...

Title: AN UNFULFILLED DREAM OF AN URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: A FAILED EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Author: Doyle, Kerri
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning, Educational sociology
Description: This research presents the qualitative case study of an urban community school initiative that began as an educational reform effort and that ultimately failed. The process of emergence for this school and factors leading to its collapse are descr...

Title: Abundant Scarcity: How Liberal Democratic Stratification Systems and the Cares Act impacted National School Lunch Program Distribution
Author: Hooke, Brett
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational sociology
Description: The Covid- 19 Pandemic and subsequent economic disruption spurred the federal government to increase the availability of the National School Lunch Program to all eligible students in the United States. Despite the expansion of the National School ...

Title: Cool Down or Warm Up? Understanding Motivations behind Student Athlete Major Choices
Author: Parris, Dionne
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate how student athletes’ choice in major is influenced by coaches, advisors, peers, and instructors and how these influences contribute to the likelihood of being cooled out. Personal narratives for 10 stu...

Title: Effects of the Shared Principles of Middle School Philosophy and Culturally Responsive Education on the Academic Achievement of African American Middle School Students
Author: Ellis, Tarra
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Education, Educational sociology
Description: This study was an investigation of the overlapping principles of relevance, rigor, and relationships inherent in both middle school philosophy and culturally responsive education to determine their effects on the academic achievement of African Am...

Title: Experiencing the Double-Edged Sword of Desegregation: Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Graduates from 1995-1998
Author: Hawn Nelson, Amy
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational sociology, Social sciences--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the long-term effects of desegregated schooling within a firmly established K-12th grade desegregated school system. Long-term outcomes include: educational and occupational attainment, comfort wit...

Title: From a Blue-Collar Background: Gender as a Moderator and Attitudes Towards Work and Family as a Mediator on Area of Study Choices
Author: Bourque, Leah
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology, Education
Description: Many sociologists attribute inequality to social reproduction, where children repeat their parents' life situations. The influence of a parent’s social background is evident when a child chooses a major or career. However, the literature fails to ...

Title: Past Experiences and Preferences for Queer Sex Education Among LGBTQ+ College Students
Author: Petrizzo, Kristen
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, Educational sociology
Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) students face a higher risk than their cisgender, heterosexual peers of experiencing symptoms of poor sexual health, poor mental health, and sexual violence. Despite this, LGBTQ+ stude...

Title: Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Author: Giersch, Jason
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description: Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...

Title: THE RETENTION OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM: AN EXTENSION OF TINTO’S LONGITUDINAL MODEL
Author: Uche, Ada
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description: In the current technologically advanced global economy, the role of human capital and education cannot be over-emphasized. Since almost all great inventions in the world have a scientific or technological foundation, having a skilled workforce is ...

Title: The Role of Teacher Racial/Ethnic Composition on Schools' Use of Disciplinary Sanctions
Author: Moniz, Kyleigh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology
Description: This study investigates the relationship between the race of the collective teaching force and disciplinary sanctions at the school level. Prior research indicates that having a teacher of the same race decreases student suspension and expulsion r...