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An examination of the relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement within an Ojibwe Indian population.
(2003)
After three separate mailings and follow-up phone calls and home visits, a total of fifty-three (53) completed survey questionnaires, along with signed parent and student Informed Consent Forms, were returned in the stamped, ...
Differences in leadership behaviors among North American and Latin American continuing education practitioners.
(2006)
Leadership training is one of the fastest growing sectors of university continuing education in the US and Canada. The pervading belief that basic leadership and management skills will transfer successfully from culture ...
Cultural characteristics and Native American student achievement in Oklahoma public schools.
(2004)
Indian students have the lowest level of academic achievement, and the highest dropout rates in the nation according to the United States Department of Education. Additionally, Indian students are disproportionately placed ...
Kiowa cultural values and persistence in higher education.
(1998)
Historically, the presence of American Indians on college and university campuses was disproportionate to their numbers in the common schools. Within the last three decades this trend changed. Though their attendance figures ...
Cultural discontinuities between West African adult learners and print-based distance instructional materials.
(1999)
Findings suggest that cultural discontinuities in print materials occur in four areas. These areas include differences in the world views between authors and learners, culturally specific knowledge, linguistic factors and ...
A descriptive case study of the impact of 9/11 on international student visa policy in the 20 months following the attacks.
(2005)
International students in the U.S. have consistently been treated in public policy as educational diplomatic and economic assets. In the year before 9/11, a national policy endorsing international education, including ...
Student engagement variables that influence academic achievement among Hispanic students at the community college level.
(2005)
The more students are engaged in their collegiate experience the more likely they are to do well academically, be retained, and achieve their education goals. Student engagement is a key to student success. The study's ...
School of Business and Management's curricula in relation to multiculturalism as communicated in the catalogs of the Big XII universities.
(2006)
Racial tension running high in higher education, Improving campus racial climate, Inside higher education: Explosion over the N-word. These captions are but few of the many headlines referring to problems in higher education. ...
A comparative study of indigenous content of multicultural teacher education textbooks in Canada and the United States.
(2004)
The focus of the most currently published Canadian textbooks was on indigenous education and, to a lesser extent indigenous history and culture. The focus of the most currently published United States textbooks was on ...
Dancing on the edge: International students' transformative journeys in the United States of America.
(2007)
This study explored international students' experiences of studying in the United States, including the motives that brought them to the United States, the challenges they confronted, and the learning and development ...