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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

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Author:: Moyi, Peter Liboyi
Title:: Child labor and schooling in Ghana and Kenya: The roles of poverty and education policy
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:: child labor
education policy
poverty
Ghana
Kenya
File:: Download Moyi_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Sil, Susmita
Title:: The Role of Social Ties of Immigrant Parents in Determining their Children's School Success
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:: Immigrant Parents
Social Capital/ Ties
School Success
File:: Download Thesis_Sil-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Suet Ling Pong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Suet Ling Pong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Halabi, Samira
Title:: Quality and Inequality in Arab Education: A Comparative Study of School Resource Disparities in the Middle East
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:: school resources
TIMSS
Middle East
educational inequality
File:: Download Halabi_Samira.pdf
Committee Members:: David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Henck, Adrienne Blaine
Title:: INGOs, the global ideology of childhood and educational policy in Nepal
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:: childhood
child-friendly schools
INGOs
education policy
quality education
and Nepal
File:: Download Adrienne_Henck_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

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