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Allyson Gunn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
One of the most persistent barriers within the education system preventing students of color from accessing and persisting in higher education is the deficit lens that the education system uses to judge college-worthy students. To combat this deficit lens, strengths-based programming has shown promise in validating the strengths and students bring…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, Minority Group Students
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Almotiri, Abdullah – Deafness & Education International, 2017
Understanding how deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) international students transition to post-secondary institutions is important for ensuring their academic and personal success. In this grounded theory study, five Saudi Arabian students who are DHH and enrolled at Gallaudet University were interviewed about their transition experience. Participants…
Descriptors: Deafness, Postsecondary Education, Grounded Theory, Student Experience
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McPhail, Ruth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
The expectations of first-year students are becoming more widely researched and understood. How to realign perceptions and prepare students for the transition from secondary school to tertiary education is less well considered. This paper presents an account of a pre-university preparation programme embedded in the senior years of secondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Preparation, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Urrieta, Luis; Martin, Karla; Robinson, Courtney – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2011
Educational programs are seen as a vehicle for improving the educational experiences and life outcomes for youthful offenders. In 1998 North Carolina started the Workplace and Community Transition Youth Offender Program (YOP). The program offers youth post-secondary educational courses. Our study examines 2007-2009 data from YOP youth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Youth, Self Concept
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Bathmaker, Ann-Marie; Thomas, Will – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2009
This article explores English policy on widening participation in higher education (HE), drawing on insights from a research study into higher education transitions and "dual sector" institutions. Although further and higher education in England are divided into two sectors, it is possible for one institution to offer both further and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs
Thompson, James R.; And Others – 1994
This report explores the status and experiences of 388 students with disabilities who have benefited from transition improvement efforts in Minnesota over the last decade. Improvements in transition services have included establishment of a state transition interagency committee and an interagency office on transition services, development of an…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Disabilities
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Ellis, William, Ed. – Their World, 1995
Different aspects of the experiences of children and adults with learning disabilities are explored in the 29 articles in this publication. Articles are divided into seven topical sections. "I Am My Learning Disability" includes personal narratives on overcoming learning disabilities and coping with the disability. "Learning…
Descriptors: Coping, Delinquency, Education Work Relationship, Educational Experience