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Jamie Hoag Sanfilippo – Christian Higher Education, 2024
Over the past decade, the rate of presidential turnover in higher education has accelerated, prompting research on what motivates the next generation of leaders. This article focuses on millennial women in Christian higher education, a sector where White male leaders have historically dominated: Women have remained underrepresented in college…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Generational Differences, Influence of Technology, Empowerment
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Sahar El-sana; Patricia M. Greenfield; Michael Weinstock – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The ecologies of Bedouin communities in Israel have changed in recent generations. This mixed-method study examines how such changes have augmented psychological mindedness and a willingness to accept professional psychological help. Twenty-one adolescent girls, their mothers, and their grandmothers responded to dilemmas regarding aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Metacognition, School Psychology
Pamela S. Laughlin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Demographics on university campuses have become increasingly diverse with a significant increase in the number of students ages 50 and older. Many arrive on campus with two or more years of college experience over several terms but with no degree. Higher education leaders' understanding of why these older adults enroll in postsecondary courses and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students
Apugo, Danielle, Ed.; Mawhinney, Lynnette, Ed.; Mbilishaka, Afiya, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2020
"Strong Black Girls" lays bare the harm Black women and girls are expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America. This edited volume amplifies the routinely muffled voices and experiences of Black women and girls in schools through storytelling, essays, letters, and poetry. The authors make clear that the strength of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, African American Students, Womens Education
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Setzekorn, Kristina, Ed.; Patnayakuni, Nainika, Ed.; Burton, Tina, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Kearney, Melissa S. – Future of Children, 2006
Now that some of the historic barriers to economic success for U.S. women and minorities have begun to fall, women and blacks, in particular, are moving upward on the nation's socioeconomic ladder. Melissa Kearney reviews evidence that improved economic opportunities for these two groups make sex and race less important than they once were in…
Descriptors: Economics, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Generational Differences