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Title: Facilitating Individual Student Planning with English Learners: An Exploration of Placement Complexities and Counselor Educational Preparation
Author: Lachance, Joan
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Curriculum planning
Description: ABSTRACTJOAN ROLSTON LACHANCE. A multiple case study on facilitating individual student planning with English learners in North Carolina high schools: An exploration of placement complexities and counselor educational preparation. (Under the direc...

Title: FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Author: McGee, Marquis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...

Title: Professional Development Relationships for Counselor Educators: the Relationship between Ethnic Identity, Advocacy, Empowerment and Cultural Empathy on Faculty Mentoring Alliances
Author: Rorrer, Audrey
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Educational leadership, Psychology, Industrial
Description: ABSTRACTMentoring programs are viewed as effective recruiting and retention tools that orient faculty members into the professoriate and provide opportunities to integrate cultural diversity into university ideology. However, empirical research ab...

Title: Perceptions of a Gay-Straight Alliance ban: School counselors and advocacy for students with minority sexual orientations
Author: Sifford, Amy
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Queer studies, Ethics
Description: ABSTRACT AMY MCCARTHY SIFFORD. Perceptions of a Gay-Straight Alliance ban: School counselors and advocacy for students with minority sexual orientations. (Under the direction of Dr. Pamela S. Lassiter.) The purpose of this study was to examine how...

Title: Predicting Positive Career Planning Attitudes Among Division I College Student-Athletes
Author: Tyrance, Shaun
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: This study examined the extent that athletic identity, race, gender, sport and expectation to play professionally predict Career Planning Attitudes (Career Optimism, Career Adaptability and Career Knowledge) among Division I college student-athlet...

Title: An Examination of the Impact of Student Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status on School Counselors' Decisions to Place Students in Alternative Learning Programs
Author: Dameron, Merry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling
Description: The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model (ASCA, 2012) and ASCA Ethical Standards (ASCA, 2016) highlight the relationship between school counseling, advocacy, and social justice. It is the school counselor’s duty to address i...

Title: An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence
Author: Summers, LaTonya
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Social sciences
Description: The counseling profession has become diverse and it is not uncommon for a person of color to be included in the supervisory dyad. Therefore, counselor supervisors are required to become competent in supervising people who are racially different fr...

Title: Differences Between Resident Advisors And Undergraduate Residential Students On Resilience, Mental Health, Burnout, And Perceived Stress
Author: Harris, Corrine
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Mental health
Description: The mental health and well-being of college students has become a growing concern for colleges and universities. Research has shown that prevalence rates of mental health in college students is growing and there are multiple complicating impacts o...

Title: Development of a preventive mental health intervention tailored for first-generation college students
Author: Burgess, Charles
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: To close the achievement gap between first and continuing generation students, several interventions that specifically target first-generation students have been designed and delivered in a variety of settings. These interventions are typically in...

Title: A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Author: Christian, Arthur
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Management, Education--Finance
Description: Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...

Title: A COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIHOP WIRELESS ACCESS AND SENSOR NETWORKS: ANYCAST ROUTING & SIMULATION TOOLS
Author: Sharif, Kashif
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: The reliance on wireless networks has grown tremendously within a number of varied application domains, prompting an evolution towards the use of heterogeneous multihop network architectures. We propose and analyze two communication frameworks for...

Title: Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants
Author: Benitez, Elba
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: ABSTRACTELBA CAROLINA BENITEZ. Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants(Under the direction of DR. PHYLLIS POST)Nearly 35% of the more than 55 million Hispanics who...

Title: A Multilevel Analysis of Black Male Secondary School Student Discipline and Achievement in Relation to Violence Exposure
Author: Garo, Laurie
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education, Mental health
Description: This study examined school outcomes for Black male secondary school students in relation to neighborhood violence, focusing on Disproportionality in out of school suspension and below-proficiency achievement on selected standardized tests. Grounde...

Title: A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS
Author: Interiano-Shiverdecker, Claudia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students curr...

Title: Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Author: Watson, Marcia
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...

Title: ATTITUDES TOWARD SUICIDE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS OF COLOR: THE ROLE OF RACE, MINORITY STRESS, RELIGIOSITY, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INSTITUTION
Author: Montague, Karlesia
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college-aged students (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2019) and a growing concern on college campuses (Castillo & Schwartz, 2013; Drum et al., 2009; Eisenberg et al., 2013; Flem...

Title: A LEGISLATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Author: Griffin, Richard
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
Description: The North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) experienced a decline in its funded ratio from 112% in 2002 to 94% in 2011 and an increase in its unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities over the same period. The change i...

Title: AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS RELATED TO ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Author: Perry, Jennifer
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling, Education, Ethics
Description: Professional school counselors are faced with the task of implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that supports the academic, social-emotional, and college and career development of all students they serve. While implementing such w...

Title: Factors Related to Weight-Bias Among Counselors
Author: Christensen, Katie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Psychology, Multicultural education
Description: More than two-thirds of adults and one-sixth of children and adolescents in the United States experience higher levels of body fat and/or obesity (Hales et al., 2020). Individuals with higher levels of body fat often experience weight-bias, prejud...

Title: Factors Related to the College-Going Self-Efficacy of Middle School Students
Author: Harden, Dia
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling, Middle school education, Multicultural education
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between middle school students' college-going self-efficacy and their race, college generational status, academic self-concept, and perceived college-going culture. The respondents were 162...