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Author:

Ogden, Anthony Charles

Title:

Education Abroad and the Making of Global Citizens: Assessing Learning Outcomes of Course-Embedded, Faculty-Led International Programming

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

education abroad
global citizenship
academic development

File:

Download Dissertation_A.Ogden.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerry Le Tendre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Duarte Morais, Committee Member

Author:

Abuya, Benta A.

Title:

UNDERSTANDING OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF POOR, URBAN GIRLS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Urban education
Secondary education
Social construction

File:

Download Abuya_Benta__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Temkin, Deborah A

Title:

The Teacher and the Anti-Bullying Policy: Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Bullying

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

bullying
policy

File:

Download TemkinEDTHPThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dunn, Jewel

Title:

What We Think: College Educated African-American Single Mothers and Parental Involvement

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

african-american mothers
school involvement

File:

Download Jewel_Dunn.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yu, Jinchun

Title:

GENERATIONAL STATUS, ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MATHEMATICS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

generational status
ELS:2002
teacher quality
mathematics achievement
opportunity to learn
Immigrant students
LEP students
ESL program
tracking

File:

Download Jinchun_Yu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Suet Ling Pong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Suet Ling Pong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

Author:

Yigit, Mehmet Fatih

Title:

EIGHT-YEAR CONTINIOUS COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN TURKEY AND AN ANALYSIS OF INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION BETWEEN 1958 AND 1975 IN THE U.S.

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

compulsory education
turkey
federal government

File:

Download final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Alexander Gamson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oster, Maryjo M

Title:

Prevention & Politics: An Investigation of Sex Education Policy in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

sex education
teen pregnancy
STIs
prevention
adolescents
morality policy
culture wars

File:

Download Oster_Dissertation_-_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Walsh, Rachael M.

Title:

BREAKING BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

adolescent intervention programs
Higher Education Act
postsecondary education
educational equity
propensity score matching

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member