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Emily Hanson Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This post-qualitative study explores work-life balance as a sustaining fantasy produced by neoliberal, patriarchal, productivity-driven systems and how this fantasy manifests affectively for mothers who work in community colleges. The study began by contextualizing the work-life balance fantasy within higher education as a gendered workscape.…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Metacognition, Family Work Relationship, Poetry
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Denner, Jill; Potter, Susan; Anderson, Pamela; Torres, David – Research in Higher Education, 2023
There is persistent underrepresentation of female and ethnic and racial minority students in computing. While community colleges provide a unique opportunity to increase diversity in computing fields, many students do not persist. This study aims to understand the factors that predict students' momentum--completion of a certificate, degree, or…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Females, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences
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Voth Schrag, Rachel J.; Edmond, Tonya E. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: The impact of interpersonal violence on college students has received considerable attention, yet no studies have been conducted among community college students, who comprise 40% of all American college students, and have unique risk factors and needs. Community College students are more likely to be women, people of color, working,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Intimacy, Violence
Darnell, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was designed to explore the acculturation experiences of military-related immigrant wives enrolled in an ESL program in a selected community college. More specifically, the purpose of the study was to understand the personal and structural forces that facilitated or hindered their acculturation process into their community of residence…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Immigrants, Females, Spouses
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Trachman, Matthew; Bluestone, Cheryl – College Teaching, 2005
One of the most basic tasks in introductory social science classes is to get students to reexamine their common sense assumptions concerning human behavior. This article introduces a shared assignment developed for a learning community that paired an introductory sociology and psychology class. The assignment challenges students to rethink the…
Descriptors: Sociology, Psychology, College Instruction, College Students
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Bluestone, Cheryl – College Teaching, 2007
The research methods unit of survey psychology classes introduces important concepts of scientific reasoning and fluency, making it an ideal course in which to deliver enhanced curricula. To increase interest and engagement, the author developed an expanded research methods and statistics module to give students the opportunity to explore…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Active Learning, Statistics, Self Efficacy