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- As suggested by Briggs (2016), an analysis of the demographics, enrollment, and population of randomly selected STEM programs is needed to understand how successful they are. “Historically, underrepresented minority groups, which constitute about 25% of the US population and 17.9 of undergraduate students, make up only 2.5% of students in STEM majors and 6% of the entire U.S. science and engineering workforce” (Committee on Prospering, 2007; Piper & Krehbiel, 2015, p. 20). The purpose of this study is to determine if higher education institutions are following the U.S. Department of Education expectations. Based on a 2019 report by the U.S. Department of Education titled Education Indicators in STEM degrees, the requirements for a diverse STEM program where students are U.S. citizens and permanent residents includes awarding over 18% of bachelor’s degrees to females, awarding over 18% to Caucasian students, awarding over 33% to Asian students, awarding over 15% to Hispanic/Latino students, and awarding over 12% to African American students (National Center for Education Statistics, Indicator 26: STEM Degrees, 2019, p. 2). In this research, I analyzed enrollment and diversity reports and data made accessible by select universities in the northeast, mid-west, south and western parts of the United States. Universities were selected from Rochester, NY, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Columbus, OH. Results indicate that Caucasian and Asian student are the majority in STEM (especially in Rochester, NY, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY and Columbus, OH, promoting STEM in colleges and universities located in rural and suburban areas (meaning any location in the U.S. either north, south, east or west) remains challenging, and the number of immigrants enrolled in STEM appears to grow but only in urban settings. Suburban and rural area with heavily Caucasian populations will not see diverse programs.
- Keyword:
- Ethnic-Racial Diversity, STEM, Higher Education, Multicultural education , Minority students, Science education, Multiculturalism, Pluralism , Role models , and Noncitizens
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Jacome, David Z.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 02/02/2024
- Date Created:
- 2021
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- The primary purpose of this study was to examine issues of advocacy for people with mobility challenges that may find limitations in participating in the physical environment of a private higher education institution. The interviews inquired about the meaning of inclusion in the university through the lens of university student tour guides and their approach to accommodating visitors who have mobility challenges. The evidence sought was to explore and exchange dialogue with university student tour guides and administrators in programs and services of Admissions, Student Life and Development, Residence Life, and Disability Services. The interaction focused on the perceptions associated with the promotion of equity and social inclusion of visitors who have mobility challenges. The advocacy lens guided the researcher to address the issues of microaggressions of people with mobility challenges at a private higher education institution. The ableism theory was a conceptual tool to recognize the social and cultural identity of students’ abilities. The method involved crosschecking multiple data sources and collection to evaluate the extent to which all the evidence converges. The study would bring about narratives of personal experience and engagement of the physical facilities on campus from the university student tour guides. Also, the study affirmed how knowledgeable university student tour guides have of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance of the private higher educational institution. Through the eyes of university student tour guides, the study focused on how they became aware and attentive to the needs of visitors who have mobility challenges on a university campus tour. The research brought about narratives of personal experience and engagement. Alternate abstract: El propósito principal de este estudio fue examinar cuestiones de defensa de las personas con problemas de movilidad que pueden encontrar limitaciones para participar en el entorno físico de una institución privada de educación superior. Las entrevistas indagaron sobre el significado de la inclusión en la universidad a través del lente de los guías turísticos de estudiantes universitarios y su enfoque para alojar a los visitantes que tienen problemas de movilidad. La evidencia buscada fue explorar e intercambiar diálogos con guías turísticos y administradores de estudiantes universitarios en programas y servicios de Admisiones, Vida y Desarrollo Estudiantil, Vida en Residencia y Servicios para Discapacitados. La interacción se centró en las percepciones asociadas con la promoción de la equidad y la inclusión social de los visitantes que tienen desafíos de movilidad. La lente de promoción guió al investigador a abordar los problemas de microagresiones de personas con problemas de movilidad en una institución privada de educación superior. La teoría del capacitismo fue una herramienta conceptual para reconocer la identidad social y cultural de las habilidades de los estudiantes. El método implicó la verificación cruzada de múltiples fuentes de datos y recopilación para evaluar hasta qué punto convergen todas las pruebas. El estudio generaría narrativas de experiencia personal y participación de las instalaciones físicas en el campus de los guías turísticos de estudiantes universitarios. Además, el estudio confirmó el conocimiento que tienen los guías turísticos de estudiantes universitarios sobre el cumplimiento de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA) de la institución privada de educación superior. A través de los ojos de los guías turísticos de estudiantes universitarios, el estudio se centró en cómo se volvieron conscientes y atentos a las necesidades de los visitantes que tienen desafíos de movilidad en un recorrido por el campus universitario. La investigación generó narrativas de experiencia personal y compromiso.
- Keyword:
- Higher Education, Organizational behavior, Social psychology, Disability studies, Ableism, mobility challenges, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Guerrero, Glenda
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 02/01/2024
- Date Created:
- August 2020
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- For years, the educational community has debated the support for students in the upper tier, the middle tier, and the lower tier of ability in schools. This purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the effectiveness of AVID strategies and concepts in closing the achievement gap that exists between students who naturally perform at high levels and students in the academic middle, thus increasing their college and career readiness and leveling the playing field. Improvement was measured by the degree to which AVID strategies and concepts were infused within the AVID curriculum, as well as within the general education curriculum at ABC High School. Improvement was also measured by examining students’ performance on the PSAT and SAT or ACT as instruments of college and career readiness. Last, achievement was measured by examining and tracking college acceptances for students in the AVID program over the course of the four years it has been implemented at ABC High School. After examining the AVID program at ABC High School and the quantitative and qualitative data, the findings that determine the effectiveness of AVID strategies and concepts in closing the achievement gap that exists between students who naturally perform at high levels and students in the academic middle yielded favorable results. The results of this study may be of significant interest to educators who support the achievement of students in the academic middle and are searching for a means to enhance their programming to better prepare students for post-secondary work. The outcomes of this study can also be used as a tool for other educational leaders and inform decisions regarding whether or not the AVID program would be a successful addition to their current academic program.
- Keyword:
- Educational leadership, Educational administration, Advancement via Individual Determination, Enhance College Readiness, AVID strategies, and PSAT, SAT, ACT
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Toriello, Todd M.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 01/31/2024
- Date Created:
- 2019
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Keyword:
- Danielson Framework, Teaching Evaluation Instrument , Co-Teaching Core Competency , co-teaching, improvement, disabilities, Free Education, Public Education, Least Restrictive Environment, and crosswalk investigation
- Subject:
- Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, and Education
- Creator:
- Blankman, Cheryl B.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 04/17/2024
- Date Created:
- 2020
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- College completion rates are one of the major issues facing immigrant and non- immigrant students in the United States, especially among Hispanic and African American student populations (Scott-Clayton, 2015). Socioeconomic inequalities in college completion have become a significant concern nationwide (Page et al., 2019). The passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965 has promoted an increase in college enrollment rates; however, gaps in enrollment and college completion have persisted (Bailey & Dynarski, 2011). Nearly half of students enrolled in a 4-year college will complete a bachelor’s degree in more than 6 years. No less than 62% of White, 39% of American Indian and Alaskan Native, 40% of Black, and 50% of Latino students enrolled in 4-year college complete a bachelor’s degree in a 6-year timeframe (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2012). To promote college completion among Hispanics and African Americans, the researcher explored Dominican and Haitian English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ college experiences in post-secondary institutions in the United States.
- Keyword:
- Multicultural education , Educational leadership, English as a second language--ESL, and Higher education
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Romain, Rony
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2020
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- Cognitive measures, such as ability tests, placement tests, and final grade point averages, have been the metrics traditionally used to determine students’ placement and to predict success in mathematics ability-level courses. However, there is growing evidence that non-cognitive traits, such as grit (2016) and a mindset (2006), challenge educators to consider the validity of adding measures of students’ attitudes toward learning as non-cognitive predictors of their success in mathematics. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the relationships between cognitive and non-cognitive predictive measures of fifth-grade students in order to create an alternate formula for refining the placement process, enhance their academic success in sixth-grade mathematics, and capture the students’ voices to better understand their struggles and successes in mathematics. For this mixed methods study, data were collected quantitatively and qualitatively. Specifically, the fifth-grade students completed two surveys, the Grit-S survey and a Mindset survey, to measure two non-cognitive domains. Three cognitive measures were considered for the fifth-grade students: their Math 6 Placement Test scores, their Math 5 GPAs, and their grade 4 CogAT 7 scores. To collect students’ definitions of success in mathematics, the study concluded with interviews prompted by open-ended questions designed to solicit greater insight into students’ understandings of their own successes and challenges in mathematics. These quantitative and qualitative data revealed that developing formulas that included all five independent variables’ non-cognitive and cognitive measures would be more effective than the district’s present “cognitive only” approach for determining students’ placement into sixth grade mathematics. The researcher identified the non-cognitive skill of grit as an important factor when predicting Math 6 Accelerated results. Students’ responses indicated that they dedicated over three and a half years to their favorite activity, a finding that confirms Duckworth’s (2016) research on strategies for developing an individual’s passion, persistence, and resilience. In the interviews, students revealed an emphasis placed on speed in mathematics. If the students were fast, then they believed they were good at math. However, if they were not fast, they believed that they were not good at math, which could lead to math anxiety (Boaler, 2015). The students’ beliefs in their abilities to learn and understand mathematics was supported by their interview responses. Their positive attitudinal responses suggested a growth mindset, and negative attitudinal responses echoed a fixed mindset (Dweck, 2006). The students shared that, when they faced a challenge in math, they used positive behavioral learning strategies, both individual and interpersonal, that allowed them to persevere while struggling with math concepts. Together, these strategies confirmed the research of Dweck (2006), Boaler (2015), and Duckworth (2016). The students articulated that they enjoyed learning mathematics when the lessons were active and hands-on, and when they searched for patterns through problem solving, which confirms Boaler’s (2015) argument that a constructivist pedagogical approach to teaching mathematics engages and deepens students’ learning and conceptual understanding.
- Keyword:
- Educational leadership, Middle school education, Educational tests & measurements, Mathematics, Cognitive, Grit survey, and Mindset survey
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Miller, Charles R
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 02/01/2024
- Date Created:
- 2019
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- This mixed-methods study with a narrative component explored the effect athletic participation played on the academic achievement of senior student-athletes and non-athlete in a public school in Northern New Jersey. The motivation for the study was the conflicting perceptions and research as related to the impact athletic participation had on academic success at the high school levels. Through student athlete and non-athlete comparisons of G.P.A.'s, H.S.P.A. and S.A.T. scores, the researcher found athletic participation did affect academic achievement for high school seniors between the years of 2007 and 2013, as hypothesized. When comparing the six dependent variables among athletes and non-athletes, the athletes proved significant on all variables measured by using a MANOVA. More specifically, statistical significance was found in female athletes' G.P.A.s and on the S.A.T. writing section. Analysis was also obtained from the target high schools' teachers, as well as from N.J.S.I.A.A. Hall of Fame coaches. The Likert scale survey items and open-ended responses from the survey responses exposed the following regarding the academic achievement of senior student-athletes: the effect of athletic participation was mostly positive on academic performance, despite the general perception that student-athletes are sometimes treated more leniently with respect to disciplinary infractions and academic requirements; coach involvement directly affects academic achievement; athletic participation and academic achievement was important in the target school community and coaches measured success both in terms of wins and loses, as well as student-athlete character and academic performance.
- Keyword:
- Educational tests & measurements , Physical education, Athletes, and Northern New Jersey
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Cirillo, Joseph John
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2014
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Keyword:
- Hybrid Classes , Comparative Study, Nontraditional Students, 8-Week Online Class, Northeast, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, University, higher education, and Ethnicity
- Subject:
- Education, Higher education, and Adult education
- Creator:
- Joseph, Fadia
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 04/23/2024
- Date Created:
- Aug-2017
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- This research uses both quantitative and qualitative methodology in a mixed methods research model to explore the implementation of a policy to integrate iPads as an instructional tool through the experiences of classroom teachers and students. The study’s participants consist of classroom teachers and students involved in an iPad implementation policy at a suburban Catholic high school in New Jersey. The researcher surveyed both teachers and students to gather their opinions on the iPad implementation program. The researcher is also an educator and administrator at this institution and used the participant-observer method to gather qualitative data. The researcher described how iPads affected the techniques teachers took to implement it as an instructional tool any pedagogical changes that occurred any disciplinary adjustments that occurred any student adaptations that occurred and what if any professional development that was utilized or desired. In total, 66 teachers and 891 students agreed to participate in this study. Among other findings, both teachers and students agreed that the implementation and integration of iPads has created a more positive learning atmosphere and has the ability to prepare students for the future. Regarding pedagogy, it is confirmed that changes have been made to the pedagogical curriculum in order to integrate iPads into the curriculum. Regarding discipline, it was evident that disciplinary actions have adjusted once iPads were integrated and implemented into the curriculum. Regarding student learning adaptations, the majority of both teachers and students are in agreed that the iPad is an effective tool to utilize when considering student learning adaptations. Lastly, regarding professional development, both the teacher and student populations agreed that teachers could use more professional development to effectively incorporate iPads into the classroom.
- Keyword:
- Secondary education, Educational leadership, Educational technology , Pedagogy, Technology, and iPads
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Moore, Danielle
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2017
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Description:
- Why do some schools look to band-aid or temporary solutions to address negative behaviors occurring in schools? Character education, which may be commercialized or developed through homegrown programs, is a preventative measure that can be used to mitigate behavioral issues. Incorporating this strategy into school curricula can curb vices that may stem from negative behaviors. Schools implementing character education have reported that their schools have become a safe haven for a productive learning environment, where academic achievement is significant. This research investigated three public elementary schools that have been awarded the National Schools of Character distinction. Using a triangulation approach, data was collected from interviews, observations, and reviews of character education documentation. Data analysis unearthed themes and patterns and shed light on paralleled and unparalleled character attributes that the schools fostered through their individualized programs. This study examines the effectiveness of implementing a character education curriculum that suits school needs. The results demonstrated that the positive effects of character education extend beyond the students to benefit the faculty, parents, and broader community. With respect to future research, a long-term study may be used to determine whether the positive effects of character education endeavors continue throughout the students’ public school education. Long-term positive outcomes may lead to students to become good, productive citizens in adulthood.
- Keyword:
- Educational leadership, Curriculum development, Negative Vices, Public Schools, and Character Education
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Endara, Elisa H.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2019
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation