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Burkhardt, John C.; Ortega, Noe; Vidal Rodriguez, Angela; Frye, Joanna R.; Nellum, Christopher J.; Reyes, Kimberly A.; Hussain, Omar; Badke, Lara Kovacheff; Hernandez, Joanna – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2012
Given the intense efforts to change federal legislation, it is surprising that relatively little research has examined how postsecondary institutions respond to organizational pressures and local contexts. These "boundary activities" determine actual practice (Birnbaum, 1991) and may be the only way to remedy the exclusion of undocumented…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Immigrants
Parr, Andrew Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this research was to determine whether transient or mobile students attain lower levels of academic achievement than non-transient students and to identify the characteristics distinguishing transient from non-transient students. The study analyzed the assessment results, student characteristics, and school factors for approximately…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables