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Excelencia in Education, 2025
The mission of "Excelencia" in Education is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. A critical group of institutions enrolling and graduating Latino students are Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). In 2023-24, two-thirds of all Latino undergraduate students in higher education (67%) were enrolled in 602 institutions…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Balakrishnan, Bindu; Muthaiah, Vijaya Prakash Krishnan; Peters-Brinkerhoff, Cherie; Ganesan, Mohan – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2023
Background: The mental health of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT), and Doctorate of Occupation Therapy (OTD) students was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigators explored the impact of the pandemic on the students' mental health. Methods: The study included 90 students from the DPT, MOT, and OTD…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Graduate Students, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
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Bowie, Stan L.; Nashwan, Ayat J. J.; Thomas, Veliska; Davis-Buckley, Renski J.; Johnson, Richard L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Social work programs in the United States (N = 74) were investigated to determine strategies used for recruiting and retaining MSW students of color. Most schools had student populations exceeding 25,000 and combined BSW, MSW, and PhD programs. Data were collected using a Graduate Recruitment and Retention Scale with corresponding and acceptably…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Minority Group Students, Social Work, Student Recruitment
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Slovacek, Simeon; Whittinghill, Jonathan; Flenoury, Laura; Wiseman, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Given the large continued investment by the federal government in programs that promote academic success and the pursuit of advanced degrees in the sciences among members groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, there is a strong need for research which provides rigorous investigations of these programs and their impact on the target…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, African American Students, American Indian Students, Hispanic American Students
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Rikli, Roberta E. – Quest, 2009
In our increasingly complex society, research and research training in master's institutions is just as critical as in doctoral programs, but with a different emphasis and purpose. In PhD institutions, research programs are generally considered to be for the purpose of advancing knowledge in the discipline and helping to prepare the next…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Funding Formulas, Higher Education, Doctoral Programs