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Hanging on to our hope: African American middle level managers’ retention in student affairs
(2024-08)
This qualitative dissertation study addressed why African American middle-level managers remain in their positions in higher education or student affairs. This study highlighted issues relevant to middle-level managers ...
Go with the flow: A phenomenological study of regional admissions professionals recruiting in the Midwest
(2024-08)
Institutions of higher education have faced significant changes. While institutions have adapted to these many changes due to internal and external factors, limited inquiry is available on experiences of regional admissions ...
BIPOC medical student wellness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
(2024-05)
Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color (BIPOC) medical student wellness has been studied almost exclusively by utilizing quantitative research methods. Few studies have looked at BIPOC medical student wellness through ...
From the margins to the center: A critical phenomenological study on the experiences of BIPOC DEI leaders at two-year predominantly White institutions in the Midwest
(2024-08)
This study examines the motivations, definitions of success, and elements that contribute to their self-defined success among BIPOC DEI leaders in two-year predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the Midwest. Using a ...
Critical student affairs pedagogy: A qualitative study of student affairs educators’ beliefs and practices for teaching in undergraduate settings
(2023-12)
After nearly 100 years, student affairs’ educational role in colleges and universities continues to be debated (ACPA, 1937; McCaughey & Welsh, 2021; Penney, 1969;). While student affairs personnel, at the field’s origins, ...
Career aspirations of Wisconsin women working in student affairs: The effect of demographic and institutional factors
(2023-12)
The purpose of this census-style quantitative research was to investigate what relationship existed between demographic and institutional factors and women's career advancement aspirations in student affairs in the state ...
Stop-out experiences of part-time and fluidly enrolled, low-income, first-generation community college women
(2021-08)
This study addresses the need to better understand community college students' varied enrollment behaviors and experiences in the context of the national college completion agenda, current research, and retention theory. ...
“Can I really do this?”: Understanding the experiences and choice to persist of underrepresented conditionally admitted first-year college students
(“Can I really do this?”: Understanding the experiences and choice to persist of underrepresented conditionally admitted first-year college students, 2021-08)
Research lacks insight into how the transition to college affects conditionally admitted
college students and what may influence their stress levels, academic performance, or
persistence rates. The purpose of this ...
Redefining Hmong American woman identity in higher education: A scholarly personal narrative
(2021-05)
Recent educational trends for Hmong American women have been the pursuit of
postsecondary education and the development of new self-identities as first- and second-
generation college students. As the researcher and ...
Changing the price of the ticket: a critical analysis of high impact practices
(2020-05)
Institutions of higher education present High Impact Practices (HIPs) as educational best- practice for all students, investing resources to intervene in ways that may perpetuate inequality rather than address it. This ...