Browsing Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2021 Summer"
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Generational status, social capital and family engagement in immigrant families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This study highlighted the importance of social capital in understanding the disparity in family engagement across immigrant generations. Using the national representative data, the ELS:2002, confirmatory factor analysis ... -
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Obtaining a college degree and, even more so, a graduate degree is a critical component of many people's American dream. For some completing a graduate degree is a milestone of success. However, due to rising tuition and ... -
How far can they go? : English language learners' math course taking in high school and school practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Over the last three decades in the U.S., schools have endeavored to provide more equitable access to rigorous courses, especially for racially or socioeconomically marginalized students, and increased those students' ... -
Journeying from academically-underprepared to prepared : exploring developmental community college students' perceptions of developmental advising at a Carribean-based community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This study explored how developmental students enrolled at the TTIOO community college experienced the resident developmental advising service. Emphasis was placed on ascertaining how these students perceived the role of ... -
Mentoring in Missouri schools : how mentoring fosters professional and personal growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The first five years of an educator's career are the most important time in determining if they will stay in the education profession. With the stress of starting a new career, novice teachers are often asked to do the ... -
Missouri foster parents : advocating for the educational needs of children from hard places
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The educational attainment rates of foster youth are abysmal, and positive changes in policy and funding have not improved the rates to an adequate level. Research shows a positive relationship exists between the educational ... -
The relationship between teacher stress and job satisfaction as moderated by coping using single-item measures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Teacher stress has been studied for decades and the negative outcomes of too much stress are well known, such as burnout and lack of teacher retention. The present study focuses on the relationship between teacher stress ... -
Resisting intersectional marginality by developing a mestiza consciousness : undergraduate women of color challenging and shaping power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This critical qualitative study explores how power shapes the experiences of undergraduate Women of Color engaged in activism and advocacy on social justice issues at the University of Missouri. The development and design ... -
Social justice leadership in rural Pakistan : a constructivist grounded theory study of private school leaders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This qualitative constructivist-grounded theory (C-GT) study aimed to explore how Pakistani school leaders (PSL) conceptualize and enact social-justice-oriented leadership (if they do) to combat educational and sociocultural ... -
Student perceptions of independent living skills development as a result of the residence hall experience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This mixed-methods case study examined how students perceived the development of independent living skills because of their residence hall experience. Using Astin's (1993) Inputs-Environment-Outputs (IEO) framework to guide ...