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Direct linkChhay, Kassandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
During the 1980s, an influx of Cambodian Americans resettled in the United States due to the Cambodian genocide. Those Cambodian refugees who came to the United States as either infants, children or adolescents due to warfare, are members of the 1.5 generation. This thesis examines the educational trajectory of 1.5 generation Cambodian Americans…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Refugees
Ozuna, Clarissa R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The collective educational gains made by Latina/os since 1980 are not only noteworthy because they document the social transformation of a population but because they seemingly challenge what we know about contributing factors to student success. As a whole, Latina/o students are achieving higher levels of education despite their stagnant or…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Student Characteristics, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedDouglas, Ty-Ron M. O.; Arnold, Noelle Witherspoon – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: The influence of non-school based venues has been historically significant for people of African descent who have often had to buttress their schoolhouse experiences with support from community-based influences. For example, Black churches, barbershops and athletic environments like basketball courts, and soccer and cricket…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Males, Educational Experience
The (Un)Success of American Indian Gates Millennium Scholars within Institutions of Higher Education
Youngbull, Natalie Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There remains limited research on the gap between the participation and persistence to graduation rates for American Indian students in higher education. It is pertinent to explore the experiences of these students who did not persist to graduation to be able to gain a better understanding of the factors involved in this gap. The primary purpose…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Academic Persistence, Qualitative Research
Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This good practice guide is based on the research project "Enhancing training advantage for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners" by John Guenther et al. on behalf of Ninti One Limited. The project examines five unique and successful vocational education and training (VET) programs in remote areas and identifies how…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, School Holding Power, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders
Chilcott, John H. – 1986
Personal narratives were analyzed to determine if a pattern would emerge in the lives of Tucson, Arizona's successful Mexican American adults who had grown up in a traditional barrio without benefit of inherited wealth. Participants in the study were nominated as successful by their peers. Nominees who agreed to participate were given a life…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Community Influence, Cultural Influences
