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Title: EXPLORING THE PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON HOW DIVERSITY TRAINING HAS IMPACTED THEIR UPWARD MOBILITY INTO SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Author: Crews, William
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sex role
Description: ABSTRACTWILLIAM E. CREWS. Exploring the perceptions of African American women on how diversity training has impacted their upward mobility into senior leadership. (Under the direction of Dr. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The purpose of the present study wa...

Title: Factors Affecting Grades: An Examination of North Carolina School Performance Grades
Author: Dangerfield-Persky, Felicia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This quantitative study explores the potential school-level and school district-level factors associated with North Carolina school performance grades in K-5 elementary schools. The desire was to examine if any of the school- or school district-le...

Title: First Year Residential Tradtional-aged College Students' First Semester Experience and it's impact on Social Identity
Author: Douglas, Niesha
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher
Description: ABSTRACTNIESHA CHARISSE DOUGLAS. First year residential traditional aged college students' first semester experience and its impact on their social identity. (Under the direction of DR. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The needs of our society are not met whe...

Title: Navigating Life Experiences: Voices of African American Women Pursuing a College Degree After Incarceration
Author: Smith, April
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This study examined the experiences of African American women pursuing college degrees after incarceration despite systemic barriers. The conceptual framework used to ground the research was Feminist Standpoint Theory (FST) through the lens of Bla...

Title: PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
Author: Allen, Monica
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher
Description: While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...

Title: PRINCIPAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING INSTRUCTION ON MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION
Author: Spaulding, Brian
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Personalized Learning Instruction (PLI) is the practice of personalizing instructional practices, scaffolding, and assessing the schoolwork of each individual student based on their specific learning needs and the standards of the curricular conte...

Title: Transforming Early Childhood Education Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Author: Ardrey, Tameka
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education
Description: Low-income African American children have been identified among the majority of children without access to high-quality early education (Barnett, Carolan & Johns, 2013). Consequently, they lack the necessary skills to successfully navigate the sch...