• Stories Untold: Counter-Narratives to Anti-Blackness and Deficit-Oriented Discourse Concerning HBCUs 

  Williams, Krystal L.; Burt, Brian A.; Clay, Kevin L.; Bridges, Brian K. (2018)

  Although there is empirical evidence concerning the value of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), broader narratives about these institutions too often overemphasize challenges and depict them from a ...
• Choice, Cyber Charter Schools, and the Educational Marketplace for Rural School Districts 

  Mann, Bryan; Kotok, Stephen; Frankenburg, Erica; Fuller, Ed; Schafft, Kai

  Pennsylvania is a state with significant proportions of students who attend rural schools, as well as students who attend charter schools. This study examines enrollment patterns of students in brick and mortar and cyber ...
• Exploring School Choice and the Consequences for Student Racial Segregation within Pennsylvania’s Charter School Transfers 

  Frankenburg, Erica; Kotok, Stephen; Schafft, Kai; Mann, Bryan

  Using individual-level student data from Pennsylvania, this study explores the extent to which charter school racial composition may be an important factor in students’ self-segregative school choices. Findings indicate ...
• Opting Out: Parents Creating Contested Spaces to Challenge Standardized Tests 

  Mitra, Dana; Mann, Bryan; Hlavacik, Mark
• Connecting Learners or Isolating Individuals? The Social Justice Frames in the Cyber Charter Schools in Pennsylvania 

  Mann, Bryan; Barkauskas, Nik

  Cyber charter schools are online schools that deliver educational content to students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. These programs provide the entire schooling experience through remote access to a virtual learning ...
• Analysis and appraisal of special legislation in the area of public education in Alabama. 

  Hubbert, Paul Ray (University of Alabama Libraries, 1964)

  Over three centuries ago the citizens of this country expressed a faith in education which abides until this day. The fact that education and this nation's political theory are inextricably woven is so axiomatic that ...
• Educator communities of practice on twitter 

  Coleman, John Mark (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  As Twitter became a popular platform for social networking, educators began to utilize the platform for professional networking. Educators began to utilize the hashtag #edchat to denote their ongoing and growing conversations ...
• Student engagement in online courses: a grounded theory case study 

  Humber, Jennifer Fields (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Due to the evolution of online learning, enrollments in online course have reached an all-time high. The concept of student engagement, a historically popular term used within higher education, has adopted many definitions ...
• How principal leadership, disciplinary climate, and parental involvement work collectively as predictors of student achievement and their perceptions on reading 

  Zhang, Sijia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study examined the relationships among school leadership practices, parental involvement, disciplinary climate, students’ perceptions on reading, and student achievement with sample obtained from the combined data of ...
• The socialization of Hispanic transfer students at a baccalaureate Hispanic serving institution 

  Moffitt, Brian J. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The purpose of this research was to understand the socialization of Hispanic students who transferred from primarily two year associate degree granting institutions to a four year baccalaureate Hispanic Serving Institution. ...
• High school students’ expressions of civic identity: a thematic analysis of asynchronous discussion forums in an online high school United States government course 

  Moore, Ronald Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study examined a group of high school students’ discursive expressions of civic identity within asynchronous discussion forums in an online classroom. A better understanding of such expressions within these forums ...
• Protest, faith, and race and gender: student experiences at Bennett College for Black Women, 1960-2000 

  Height, Sharon Fryar (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Protest, Faith, and Race and Gender: Student Experiences at Bennett College for Black Women, 1960-2000 is a study of one of only two historically Black colleges and universities that is a single sex institution of higher ...
• A quantitative study of institutional characteristics, revenues, and student outcomes from 2006 to 2015 for Texas public colleges and universities 

  Johnson, Alvin L. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between state funding along with tuition and baccalaureate graduation rates as well as degrees awarded at 4-year public institutions in the State of Texas. The goal ...
• Climate control: Does caring really matter? 

  DuBose, Wendy Arlene (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  In an attempt to address healthcare disparities, nursing programs have been charged with increasing success rates of minority students to increase diversity within the profession. Despite an upsurge in enrollment numbers ...
• Early declaration of a college major and its relationship to college student persistence 

  Spight, David Brent (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Completion of a college degree, as reflected by graduation rates, is a priority for campus administrators, politicians, families, and students. When students do not graduate, it has an effect on students, families, ...
• Instructional coaching as a predictor of collective efficacy 

  Schneider, Britney (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study examined the relationship between the effectiveness of a school’s instructional coaching program and collective teacher efficacy. Instructional coaching is the concept of providing ongoing, on-site support for ...
• The influence of residential curriculum on first-year residential students in higher education 

  Sanders, Laura A. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  This study focused on using a curricular approach in residence life departments on college campuses to connect learning from the classroom with learning that occurs out of classroom. Residential curriculum is an individualized ...
• The relationship between dual enrollment (de) and technical college enrollment, retention, and site of instruction 

  Welch, April Washington (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  A credential beyond a high school diploma is increasingly a predictor of future economic success, career attainment and mobility, and quality of life. It is estimated that by 2020 approximately 30 percent of available jobs ...
• Measuring the effect of the instructional partnership network on teacher efficacy, teacher trust in colleagues, and teacher trust in the principal 

  Rice, Tameka Shamery (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The effectiveness of the Instructional Partnership Network (IPN), a collaborative initiative that provides professional development to school principals, has not been previously measured. An investigation of the impact of ...
• Health education materials: where are the patients? 

  Pollio, Elizabeth Whitney (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Inadequate health literacy is a barrier to positive health outcomes and often leads to increased hospital readmissions. Congestive heart failure patients are among the top populations with the tendency to be readmitted to ...

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