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Title: A Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
Author: Means, Billie
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Educational psychology
Description: Of all college students, four percent are African American males of which one third graduate within six years. The status of African-American males in higher education serves as an impetus for research to investigate their collegiate experiences a...

Title: AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEIVED RESOURCES AND DEMANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Author: Helf, James
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: School administrators are faced with an increased number of responsibilities and challenges. In order to effectively create and maintain effective schools, educational leaders must provide principals with the proper tools. The purpose of this stud...

Title: An Investigation of Academic Resiliency among African-American Males in Secondary Schools
Author: Casey, Lee
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership
Description: This non-experimental survey study investigated the relationship between the participants’ perception of the existence of resiliency-building strategies in schools and their levels of resilience and academic achievement. The study used a correlati...

Title: Expectancy-Value Model: Investigating Academic Success and Retention Predictors of First-Year STEM Majors
Author: Findlater, Nickcoy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Educational tests and measurements
Description: The gap in supply (i.e., shortage) and demand of the STEM workforce have prompted extensive research on identifying factors that predict STEM outcomes and retention of students. Few studies, however, have examined the relationships between STEM ou...

Title: Filling the Void: Exploring Predictors of African American Beginning Teacher Retention
Author: Hopper, Eugenia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: African American teachers make up only about 7% of teachers in the United States, while African American students make up 16% of the public school population. Unfortunately, African American teachers leave teaching at almost a 60% higher rate when...

Title: How school leaders prioritize and allocate resources to improve teacher quality through teacher professional development: A multiple case study in suburban North Carolina
Author: Tyson, Deonte
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
Description: This multiple case study examined the methods by which school leaders determined and planned teacher professional development, as well as what teachers perceived as their professional development needs and how they believe school leaders take thos...

Title: Redefining The Discipline Gatekeeper: A Mixed Method Analysis Of Urban Middle School Assistant Principals
Author: Williams III, John
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership
Description: African American students, despite over four decades of research and reports, still receive the highest percentage of school discipline infractions (i.e., office referrals, in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and referral...

Title: THE EFFECT OF MENTORING AND EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM ON NORTH CAROLINA END-OF-COURSE TESTS
Author: Gibbs, Portia
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Education, Secondary
Description: ABSTRACTPORTIA GIBBS-ROSEBORO. The effect of a mentoring and extended learning program on North Carolina end-of-course Tests. (Under the direction of DR. COREY LOCK)The purpose of this research study was to determine if effective interventions in ...

Title: The Balancing of the Artist-Teacher Dual Identity in K-12 Public School Visual Art Educators
Author: Wall, Deborah
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Art--Study and teaching
Description: DEBORAH MILLS WALL. THE BALANCING OF THE ARTIST-TEACHER DUAL IDENTITY IN K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL VISUAL ART EDUCATORS(Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Shore) The purpose of this narrative qualitative study was to explore how artist-teachers perceive ...

Title: The Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers on a Program Rooted in Multicultural Service Learning: A Case Study
Author: Perrow, Adam
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
Description: In response to diversifying classrooms, teacher education programs have focused efforts on multicultural service learning and culturally responsive teaching as mechanisms for delivering an orientation towards equity. Social justice teacher educati...

Title: USING THE CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTION MODEL TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN TEACHER BELIEFS
Author: Neale, Henry
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
Description: With the increased importance placed on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout the world but particularly in the United States, research in mathematics education has become widely recognized as critical to e...