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PIER Through A Critical Lens: An Evaluation of a Student-Initiated, Student-Run Outreach Program
Chicana Ph.D. students living nepantla: Educacion and aspirations beyond the doctorate
An examination of how faculty in higher education use student evaluations of teaching
Does the community college baccalaureate presage institutional diversity or isomorphism?
First-year college student decision making: How freshmen respond to the stress of the college transition
Increasing faculty diversity: How institutions matter to the PhD aspirations of undergraduate students
Socioeconomic status, selective college admissions, and the first-year college experience
In their own words: Factors leading to transfer as identified by ten resilient Latino community college students
The decline in the admission of underrepresented minority students to selective public institutions after the implementation of anti-affirmative action legislation
The digital divide goes to college: Latino undergraduates and barriers to digital information
Addressing college mathematics remediation and unprepared high school graduates
Useful fiction: Why universities need middlebrow literature
Women and college choice: A comparison of staff and student perceptions at four women's colleges
Accessing Brazilian universities: A comparison of the college choice processes of students from diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds through a social and cultural capital lens
Still they rise: An examination of the internal characteristics and external factors that enable former foster youth to succeed in college
A critical race ecocultural agency theory of education framework: (Re)conceptualizing African American students' transitions from high school to college
The politics of Civil Rights: Framing the debate over access to higher education
Student affairs administrators' perspectives on the legal and safety issues associated with students' use of online social networks on college and university campuses: A national study
Invisible racism: Male, hegemonic whiteness in higher education
Balancing the values of Ethnic Studies and academe: Exploring efforts to advance the organizational stability of American Indian and Asian American studies
Higher education and knowledge for nation-state development: The role of the World Bank and U.S. universities in poverty reduction in the developing world
Educational plans in achieving student transfer goals: Results from a private, two-year institution
Try to be a hero: Community service learning as a pedagogy for moral-political education and leadership development in the Chinese university
The college/university experience of Latino AVID students
Pipelines and pathways: Women of color in STEM majors and the experiences that shape their persistence
The politics of higher education spending in the American states
Does college have a lasting influence on leadership development? A comparative study of diverse women
Suenos indocumentados: Using LatCrit to explore the testimonios of undocumented and U.S. born Chicana college students on discourses of racist nativism in education
"More complicated than a numbers game": A critical race theory examination of Asian Americans and campus racial climate
Women of color student leaders: The role of race and gender in community college transfer readiness
Understanding the college-going aspirations of charter high school students and the role of social networks
Bolstering bonds and building bridges: Social capital in law student organizations
College students and personal finance: Exploring the relationships among financial well-being, money management practices, and engagement in personal finance education
An exploration of higher education graduation rates: A case study of women in Jordan
The impact of human patient simulation on nursing clinical knowledge
Perceptions of assessment competency among new student affairs professionals
The Effect of a First-Year Experience Program on Transfer Readiness and the Transfer Process of Community College Students
The Perceived Impact of Holding a College Leadership Position on First-Generation Latina Alumnae
Cumulative (Dis)Advantage on College Completion: The Role of Family Background, Academic Preparation and College Major on Bachelor's Degree Attainment
Race, Rates, and Religion: The Relationship between Black Graduation Rates and Evangelical Religious Affiliation at Private Colleges and Universities
"Border Crossers" on a Diverse College Campus: Exploring Motivation and Experiences
Access is not enough: How pre-college programs impact students after college entry
Growing Leaders: How College Experiences Affect Asian Americans' Social Change Leadership Development
The Forces that Shape the Work of Community College Counselors
College Student Satisfaction: Examining Influences and Differences in a Public University System
Access and Success for African American Engineers and Computer Scientists: A Case Study of Two Predominantly White Public Research Universities
Legacies of Immigration: Children of Immigrants' Experiences Navigating Higher Education
Capitalizing baccalaureate degree attainment: Revealing the path of the Latina/o scholar
Latina/o Student Success in Higher Education: Models of Empowerment at Hispanic Serving-Institutions (HSIs), Emerging HSIs, and Non-HSIs
Class Matters: Examining the Impacts of Class on the College Choice Process
Neoliberal Dynamics within Japan's National University Sector: Faculty Perspectives of the 2004 Reforms
How Do They Manage It? An Exploratory Study of Undergraduate Students in their Personal Academic Information Ecologies
Football Players' Perspectives on Academic Involvement: Support Services Which May Lead Towards Graduation at Universities with Division 1-A Athletic Programs
The Road to the Top: How Educationally Resilient Black Students Defied the Odds and Earned Admission to a Selective University
Black Boundary Lines: Race, Class and Gender among Black Undergraduate Students
Aspirations, Barriers, and Transfer Opportunities for Latina and Latino Community College Students
Soulfully Resistant Transferistas: Understanding the Chicana Transfer Experience From Community College and Into the Doctorate
Why Don't They Respond? An Investigation of Longitudinal Survey Nonresponse Among College Students Attending Four-Year Institutions
"I don't know where we'd be without them": Understanding community partners' motivations to participate in academic outreach
Pilot test of an innovative interprofessional education assessment strategy
Pre-Service Teachers and Study Abroad: A Reflective, Experiential Sojourn to Increase Intercultural Competence and Translate the Experience into Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Women and Graduate Program Choice: The Decision To Apply to Full-Time MBA Programs
Echandole Ganas: Undocumented, Latino Students Fighting for Collegiate Survival in their United States Homeland
What Do Facts Have to Do with It? A Case Study of News Literacy at Stony Brook University
How can students be scientists and still be themselves: Understanding the intersectionality of science identity and multiple social identities through graduate student experiences
Academic Performance Enhancement Drugs in Higher Education
Performing Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Context: How Undergraduates Make Meaning of the Multiple Dimensions of Their Identity
Towards the Education Nation: Revisiting the Impact of Financial Aid, College Experience, and Institutional Context on Baccalaureate Degree Attainment Using a Propensity Score Matching, Multilevel Modeling Approach
Community College Pathways: A Multilevel Examination of Institutional Roles in Student Success
Exploring Factors that Lead to Participation in Study Abroad
(Mixed) Race Matters: Racial Theory, Classification, and Campus Climate
Teaching Efficacy and Context: Integrating Social Justice Content into Social Work Education
Theorizing the Racial and Gendered Educational Experiences of Chicanas and Native American Women at the Ph.D. Level in Higher Education: Testimonios of Resistance, Defiance, Survival, and Hope
Contours of Race and Ethnicity: Institutional Context and Hmong American Students' Negotiations of Racial Formation in Higher Education
Enhancing Classrooms and Conversations: How Interactions with Faculty Predict Change in Students' Spirituality in College
Undocumented Students, Institutional Allies, and Transformative Resistance: An Institutional Case Study