Women -- United Arab Emirates -- Social conditions; Women in development -- United Arab Emirates
When one thinks of the United Arab Emirates, one may picture a country that is one of the richest countries in the world and has the money to build resorts, buildings, and tourism destinations. The UAE is a Middle Eastern country, and has Islam as...
Training School on school enrollment one year after release. It is based on a sample of 177 Hartford students released from a secure placement between September 2001 and December 2003. The primary findings of this study suggest that juveniles...
Student financial aid administrators -- Training of; Counseling in higher education
Today's campuses are becoming the learning grounds for an increasingly diverse student population. The "traditional" college student, age eighteen to twenty-two, sufficiently academically prepared, and having endless time to socialize and study,...
Minorities -- Medical care -- Research; Patient participation
This thesis seeks to identify the most effective recruitment methods relative to enrolling minorities into health research. Results found that recruitment methods such as face-to-face, telephone, media, word-of-mouth, institutions, direct mail and...
This study investigates the value ascribed to the counseling position in small New England community colleges. A sample of eleven community colleges throughout New England with current enrollment of 2,000 students or less was contacted. This survey...
Catholic Church -- United States; Hispanic American Catholics -- Religious life; Hispanic American Catholics -- United States
The thesis examines the influence of the Hispanic community of Puerto Rico, and other communities of Latin America, in Fairfield County since their arrival during the last half century. The study focuses on the discrimination that they faced...
Education -- Parent participation; First-generation college students
The impact of family structure and parent involvement on college enrollment among potential first and later generation college students was explored using longitudinal data from the National Center of Educational Statistics. Logistical analyses...
Alliance College -- History; Polish Americans -- Education -- United States; Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Cambridge Springs; Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America
In 1912, the Polish National Alliance of America (PNA), embarked on an ambitious project to create the first, and only, secular Polish American College in North America. The purpose of the institution was to provide immigrants and their children...
Algebra --- Study and teaching (Secondary); Educational tests and measurements --- Connecticut; Achievement tests --- Connecticut
Each year thousands of students are tracked into mathematics classes. In these particular classes, students may struggle or find their mathematics skills less academically able than their classmates and give up on the tasks that are introduced to...
