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Novice Teachers’ Preparedness Towards Successfully Interacting with Culturally Diverse Student Populations
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-15)
Teacher effectiveness is the most influential factor to student achievement. Systems of public education in the United States have traditionally centered on White, middle class norms, as suggested by the founding arguments ...
A Study to Increase Female Minority STEM Efficacy and Engagement at the Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-10)
This study was designed to improve the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) efficacy and engagement of middle school minority females in a during-school and after-school all-girl peer support group. ...
INCREASING AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVANCED STEM PROFESSIONALS: A CASE STUDY OF TWO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)
This qualitative multiple-case study explores how two select predominantly white institutions (PWIs) have learned to be successful in advancing undergraduate African-American students to advanced degrees in the life sciences. ...
Second in command: Examining the factors that impact the career advancement of black women chief academic officers
(East Carolina University, 2018-10-01)
Within the field of higher education, Black women are underrepresented in executive and senior-level positions that lead to the presidency. In considering the traditional pathway to the presidency for women leaders, tenured ...
The Relationship Between Categorical Expenditures and Graduation Rates at North Carolina Community Colleges
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)
The public perception of higher education, the culture of that institution, and its value to American citizens is changing. Taxpayer demands to downsize costly government expenditures, including government subsidizing of ...
THE CREATION OF THE ARMADILLO CAREER READINESS SKILLS GAP PROGRAM AT RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: CLOSING THE CAREER GAP FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS
(East Carolina University, 2018-10-01)
The task of making important career decisions for many individuals and especially high school students occur during high school and beyond. Preparing students to be ready for work, life, and citizenship will require a ...
THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF SAUDI INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)
The purpose of this research study was to examine the factors that affect the social and academic integration of Saudi Arabian international students in U.S. higher education institutions. Tinto's student departure model ...
BUILDING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AT HOME: A STUDY OF THE ACQUISITION OF A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE BY STUDENTS OF GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-29)
Universities around the United States use international mobility, such as recruitment of international students and faculty and study abroad of domestic students, as methods of achieving internationalization goals. However, ...
A Framework for Successfully Transitioning Students Into the Middle Grades
(East Carolina University, 2018-06-11)
This Problem of Practice dissertation addresses the need for an elementary to middle school transition program in a school district in eastern North Carolina. To develop this program, district end-of-grade assessment results ...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF mCLASS: READING 3D ON STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT IN SECOND GRADE
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-28)
The purpose of this program evaluation was to research North Carolina’s adoption of mClass: Reading 3D to determine program effectiveness, how teachers use student data from the program to improve instructional practices, ...