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Aaron Bass – ProQuest LLC, 2023
African American students are under-enrolled in gifted and honors programs due to external and internal factors, which are explained in this Executive Leadership Portfolio (ELP). To address this problem, I have studied the APEX program, a predominantly African American honors program based at East Side Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware, and…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Gifted Education, African American Students, Enrollment Rate
Billbe, Sasha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This quasi-experimental, concurrent, mixed method, action research study sought to evaluate how an elective 1-credit course informed by mindfulness and culturally sustaining pedagogy influenced honors students' academic self-efficacy, self-compassion, and their meaning-making about what it means to be an honors student. Theoretical perspectives…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Culturally Relevant Education, Honors Curriculum, Self Efficacy
Eardley, Trisha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Honors colleges have offered an academically rigorous option for growing numbers of diverse students. This study took place at a large, public university that required undergraduate students to complete a thesis to graduate from the honors college. In 2017, 97% of students who began the honors thesis prior to senior year completed it. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Theses, Honors Curriculum, Intervention
Coco Rogers, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Honors students are increasingly choosing the community college as a viable alternative to beginning at a four-year college or university, especially given the United States is still emerging from a great recession and student debt is increasing. These high achieving honors students are also expecting an excellent return on their investment in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Honors Curriculum, Grade Point Average
Anderson Goins, Johnell Roxann – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Retaining African American students, specifically African American males, is an issue that plagues the American higher education system. Research shows that African American male students are the lowest represented group in the gifted studies programs (Ford, 2010). Lockie and Burke (1999); Chen and DeJardins (2010) and Bell (2010a) found that…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Persistence, Males, College Students
Patino, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation is an action research study that had as its primary goal to increase retention of honors college students at Arizona State University by implementing an additional advising session during the fifth semester of their academic career. Introducing additional, strategically-timed support for the honors thesis and demystifying the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Honors Curriculum, Student Research, Action Research
Escontrias, Gabriel, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Latinas and Latinos are currently underrepresented in terms of our 21 st century student academic attainment and workforce, compared to the total U.S. Hispanic population. In a field such as mathematical sciences, Hispanic or Latino U.S. citizenship doctoral recipients only accounted for 3.04% in 2009-2010. While there are various initiatives to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Experience, Undergraduate Students, Honors Curriculum
Glaude-Bolte, Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Educators seek to guide students through appropriate programs and courses that prepare them for future success, in more advanced coursework and in other challenges of life. Some middle schools offer Challenge, or honors, courses for students who have demonstrated high ability. High schools often offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which are…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs, Middle School Students, Honors Curriculum
Robbins, Gerri Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The number of students who become completers of an honors program on college campuses is low. A mixed methods approach was utilized to determine the perceptions of gifted students regarding an honors program at a private, Southeastern university. Students who were honors program participants, honors program drop-outs, and qualified…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted, Graduation Rate, Followup Studies
Gresham, Pamela Malone – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the career aspirations and self-perceptions of University Honors Program students at Indiana State University. The current trend in education, especially gifted and talented education, focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). How has this impacted the gifted and talented population when they become…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Self Concept, Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted
Place, Janice Becker – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate what happened when grade 11 high school honors students blogged about their summer reading under the monitoring of a teacher during vacation. I proposed that an educational blog might serve as an effective tool during summer vacation to help students retain skills or learning while at a physical…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Grade 11, High School Students
Owens, Dena Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purposes of this study were to determine the major characteristics of honors programs at colleges and universities in the southern region of the United States and to review the perceptions of honors programs directors relating to the effectiveness of and challenges facing honors programs at these institutions. A survey was administered to…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted, Student Interests, Program Effectiveness
Kohl, James Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explores the association of students' self-perceived critical thinking ability with participation in Residential Honors living-learning programs versus Civic/Social Leadership living-learning programs and non-participation in living-learning programs. The study analyzes data from the 2004 National Study of Living-Learning Programs…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Honors Curriculum, Colleges, Institutional Characteristics