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Direct linkMurren-Holder, Tracee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to understand the factors that contribute to college persistence and completion for Black and Latinx students in the northeastern United States. Additionally, the researcher aimed to understand how high school and college preparation structures and policies contribute to college completion rates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, College Preparation
Kustigian, Brett M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to look at mission driven school district leadership in Massachusetts public schools and attempt to identify any relationship, or lack thereof, between district mission statements and student achievement. In this study, 288 Massachusetts public school districts are ranked according to their 2011 high school graduation…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Institutional Mission
King, Betty Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Despite a rural Georgia school district's effort to increase the academic performance of all students, the achievement gap persists between general education and special education students. The purpose of the study was to explore what factors hindered coteachers from consistently applying differentiated instruction in elementary inclusion…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Team Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Harrison, Brenda LaJoyce – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study explored the issues of student-faculty interaction and faculty caring as experienced by Black students attending a Predominantly White Institution in a Mid-western urban city. Specifically, the study reviewed the questions related to student-faculty engagement as posed on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). This study used…
Descriptors: African American Students, Educational Experience, College Students, College Faculty
Henderson, Davetta A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Many African Americans are leaving high school prior to graduation and are entering college for the first time beyond the age of 30 years, a phenomenon that has an effect on school systems, the community, and society as a whole. The research problem addressed was the need to understand the experience of an increasing number of African Americans…
Descriptors: African Americans, Higher Education, High Schools, Social Development
Savage, Veronica Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Middle-to-high school transition activities improve retention and graduation rates, reduce academic challenges, and support student social development. The purpose of this study was to investigate ninth-grade algebra I and literature/composition end-of-course test performance, attendance, and discipline in relationship to transition strategies…
Descriptors: High Schools, Second Language Learning, Graduation Rate, Graduation
