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- 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
- Experiencing the crux of agency and structure in urban education: On becoming a teacher educator
- Author
- Salyers, Bethany
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This research seeks to understand the experience of agency among those being prepared to be teacher educators and education scholars. It investigates how doctoral students negotiate their agency when they discover a difference between the promise ...
- Title
- Family Matters: Familial Support and Science Identity Formation for African American Female STEM Majors
- Author
- Parker, Ashley
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- ABSTRACT This research seeks to understand the experiences of African American female undergraduates in STEM. It investigates how familial factors and science identity formation characteristics influence persistence in STEM while considering the d...
- Title
- Poverty, English, and Evangelism: A qualitative study of young adults in a church-based English language program in Cambodia
- Author
- Krzeszewski, Lori
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Language and languages--Study and teaching
- Description
- This qualitative case study explored the motivations and experiences of thirty young adults enrolled in a free church-based English program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Data include the researcher's field notes from six months of participant observati...
- Title
- School Choice and the Latinx Community: Increased Opportunity/Exclusion in Mecklenburg County
- Author
- Handler, Laura
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education and state
- Description
- Advocates of market-based reform strategies such as school choice claim they will offer families better options to obtain a high-quality education for their child, yet empirical studies offer inconclusive evidence of gains in student achievement a...
- 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 TITLE WAIVE: A POLICY AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 STATES’ ESEA WAIVERS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERALISM AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW MAKING IN EDUCATION POLICY
- Author
- Trull, Sheena
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state, Law
- Description
- The aim of this dissertation is to provide a critical analysis of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waivers administered by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan since 2012. As a function of federalism, local school p...
- Title
- The Middle Segment of the Society and Socioeconomic Polarization: A Multidimensional Approach Applied to Colombia
- Author
- QUINONES, MAURICIO
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Economics, Area studies
- Description
- The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the relevance for Colombia of analyzing the middle segment of the society – as the core concept – and socioeconomic polarization due to its linkage with the middle segment of the society, with a m...
- Title
- The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
- Author
- Begum, Nahida
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
- Description
- Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...
- Title
- The development of Chinese overseas joint venture universities and their role in Chinese higher education
- Author
- Mao, Ping
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy
- Description
- This dissertation investigates a newly emerging phenomenon in Chinese higher education in which a Chinese university partners with an overseas university to open a new university campus in China which began in 2004. This form of university was est...