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Candace Stacey Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Studying best practices in the aftermath of COVID-19 can offer evidence-based solutions to the challenges faced by postsecondary correctional education (PSCE), both those created or exacerbated by the crisis. This pragmatic, interpretive case study aimed to contribute to this effort by conducting a qualitative analysis of interviews and documents…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Crisis Management, Community College Students
Krentz, Jenny L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to uncover effective professional development activities organized by elementary school principals and used to foster and support teachers with the instruction of self-determination skills along with any barriers principals encountered in their efforts to support teacher instruction. This study was…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Self Determination, Principals, Barriers
Marx, Deanna – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Latinx students are enrolling in four-year higher education institutions at a rapidly increasing rate. However, an alarming low number complete their degrees. Institutional barriers such as racism, language discrimination, cultural conflict, privilege of citizenship, and lack of role models present challenges to degree completion for Latinx…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Mentors, Cultural Relevance, College Students
Buescher, Susan H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act's focus on raising standardized test scores for underachieving students has created a national education system where teacher time and resources are often not directed to students in the top percentiles and those identified as gifted and talented. As resources for gifted students continue to be limited,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Middle School Students, Academically Gifted, Rural Schools
Arribas Layton, Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A combination of factors including Global Climate Change, population growth, depletion of natural resources, and degradation of the environment have contributed to a general consensus concerning the need for man to amend his relation with the earth in order to perpetuate the survival and well-being of future generations of human beings. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Climate, Environmental Education