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The Blueprint Of Reform, Social Justice Questions, And The Missing Perspective Of African Americans, Raymellia Jones

Dissertations

ABSTRACT

American schools were successful in assimilating European immigrants and their descendants, this has not been the case for nonwhites. Orfield points out the fact that Native Americans, African Americans, and people of Mexican origin in the United States received little education until well into the twentieth century is an indication of historical educational barriers facing nonwhite people (2013). The purpose of this study is to raise awareness to the evidence of the historical roots of racial inequality in failing schools and how it relates to Black and Latino students locked into inferior schools today. I provide a historical background …

Failure To Launch?: Advancing The Case For Financial Literacy Interventions In Postsecondary Education, Cathleen Snyder

Dissertations, 2014-2019

For college undergraduates, the thought of managing money is often new, exciting, and terrifying in the same breath. Some students have learned well from their parental and prior academic influences, and yet others may be overwhelmed by a lack of those same resources. As postsecondary institutions endeavor to level the proverbial playing field, helping college graduates launch into meaningful, financially independent lives, it begs additional consideration on the intervention methods that might be most impactful.

This study examined a for-credit, curriculum-based intervention specific to personal finance topics. It attempted to answer several key questions: How knowledgeable are students relative to …

Propuesta De Lineamientos Curriculares En Educación Superior Desde La Perspectiva Del Currículo Crítico. Una Alternativa A Partir De Los Desafíos De La Formación Profesional En Trabajo Social, Claudia Patricia Roa Mendoza

Doctorado en Educación y Sociedad

La Universidad y su lugar actual en la sociedad, es un tema en el que confluyen diferentes percepciones y explicaciones; en particular, se ha intentado desde múltiples perspectivas indagar cómo este escenario educativo responde a las problemáticas sociales relevantes cada vez más demandantes y complejas. Así, se desarrolla en esta tesis doctoral, una propuesta de lineamientos curriculares en educación superior desde las tensiones y apuestas del currículo crítico, a partir de la indagación de cuáles elementos son tenidos en cuenta en el proceso de formación profesional a nivel pregradual en los programas de trabajo social, para dar respuesta a problemáticas …