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Recent Submissions
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Hladik, Gregory L.; 0000-0003-2704-8971
The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze Texas public college and university housing professionals’ knowledge of constitutional Fourth Amendment law using a 20-question True/False/Unsure survey. This survey ...
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Jackson, Herman; 0000-0001-9880-0580
This study investigated how effectively U.S. Courts of Appeals judges’(1) political ideology, as measured by party of the appointing president or judges’ DW-nominate scores; (2) legal developments, as measured by the 1991 ...
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Krismer, Joslyn; 0000-0001-6909-4787
Although gun possession has traditionally been prohibited at higher education institutions, several states have passed legislation in recent years allowing guns to be carried on college campuses. The so-called “campus ...
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Williams, Angelia Dalene
The results of this study reveal the influence of (1) U.S. Court of Appeals judges' political ideology; (2) pivotal special education Supreme Court Decisions' influence; and (3) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ...
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Russ, Michael T.; 0000-0001-5583-2849 (2022-06-13)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/17/2024** ABSTRACT: Low bachelor’s degree attainment rates for Black males is a multiplex problem due to the array of academic and non-academic factors affecting student ...
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Thomas, Tiara Anice; 0000-0002-5807-8391 (2021-07-16)
There is a dearth of literature on how social work faculty manage controversial conversations in the classroom. This qualitative study addresses the deficit in the literature by using Deardorff’s (2008) Intercultural ...
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Kermanian, Dana J; 0009-0004-1070-8413 (2023-05-04)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/04/2025** ABSTRACT: Students with disabilities (SWDs) face unique challenges when it comes to the transition from high school to college. There is a lack of research ...
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Pickney, Deanna L; 0009-0005-5329-4983 (2023-04-19)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 04/18/2024** ABSTRACT:
EFFECT OF FINANCIAL FACTORS ON THE POSTSECONDARY PARTICIPATION AND CHOICE FOR FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS
Deanna Pickney
The University of Texas ...
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Green, Kerry Foraker; 0009-0002-9969-8164 (2023-04-19)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 04/12/2024** ABSTRACT: Over the last three years (2020-2023), many state legislatures responded to grassroots campaigns for social justice by enrolling legislation that ...
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Sanders, Melissa (2022-12-20)
Although African Americans enroll at postsecondary institutions at similar rates as other ethnic groups, consistently, they lag in degree completion. This has led to lower wages, fewer employment opportunities, and higher ...
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McCray, Trevor Dustin; 0000-0002-5146-3705 (2022-12-01)
Black male teachers in PK-12 make up less than 2% of the teacher workforce with an undetermined representation in elementary education. Although there have been efforts to increase their representation in the field, there ...
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Dudley, Jacolahn Deshawn (2022-12-19)
Over the years there has been an increase in the turnover of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) presidents. As the turnover rates at HBCUs continues to increase, many higher education researchers have noted ...
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Almasri, Hanan (2022-08-08)
Utilizing a traditional qualitative approach, this study explored the experiences of veteran teachers in Islamic private schools and their retention decisions through the lens of the job embeddedness framework, which ...
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Banda, Shanna E (2020-08-04)
The increase in collegiate enrollment, yet bleak graduation rates, poses a significant problem for students and educators alike. Contributing to the high attrition rates, a lack of academic motivation often leads to poor ...
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Matthews, Courtney E.; 0000-0002-2315-7225 (2022-05-11)
Despite the expansion of literature on Black women college presidents, there is an oversaturation of the struggles Black women experience once in the role that is rooted within the role of racism and sexism. This study ...
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Launius, Kathleen Elizabeth (2022-05-16)
Despite the expansive literature on higher education performance-based funding (PBF) policies, there is an oversaturation of quantitative studies focused on measuring metric performance at the statewide level. These studies ...
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Thompson-Davis, Nicholas; 0000-0001-5434-8625 (2022-05-17)
The purpose of this study is to examine parents’ levels of satisfaction with school choice by comparing charter and traditional public schools at the secondary level. The main assumption of the study is that parental ...
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Lockett, Junichi Uehara; 0000-0003-0885-0600 (2022-05-12)
Through an arts-based autoethnography, I explored the influences and experiences that informed my approach to leading Black youth empowerment programming. Although there is a significant amount of scholarship on Black youth ...
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Dorough, Ramona Jewel Maria; 0000-0002-9966-0505 (2022-04-15)
This dissertation explores the medicalization domains through three studies to assert that communication exists in all facets of the patient- physician relationship. The first study is a policy analysis that examines the ...
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Shelby, Cedric D; 0000-0002-6424-7219 (2021-12-20)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the experiences of Black male students who are members of Black Greek Letter Fraternities (BGLF) while attending a large institution. This study examines the ...
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