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Cultural Incongruity And Social Status Ambiguity: The Experiences Of Evangelical Christian Student Leaders At Two Midwestern Public Universities, Dennis J. Lang, Jenea Oliver Dec 2006

Cultural Incongruity And Social Status Ambiguity: The Experiences Of Evangelical Christian Student Leaders At Two Midwestern Public Universities, Dennis J. Lang, Jenea Oliver

Christy Moran Craft

This phenomenological investigation highlights the experiences of evangelical Christian student leaders at two Midwestern public universities. These students perceived their public university environments not only as incongruent with, but also as antagonistic and oppressive toward, their values, beliefs, and behaviors. Besides detailing how these students navigated their culturally incongruent environments, the authors introduce the concept of "social status ambiguity" to describe how differing perceptions of the religious identity of these students may result in the concurrent existence of the privileged and oppressed social statuses in that identity domain.

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Critical Race Perspectives On Theory In Student Affairs, Lori Patton Davis, Marylu Mcewen, Laura Rendon, Mary Howard-Hamilton Dec 2006

Critical Race Perspectives On Theory In Student Affairs, Lori Patton Davis, Marylu Mcewen, Laura Rendon, Mary Howard-Hamilton

Lori Patton Davis

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Using Emerging Technologies To Serve The Underserved, Andree Robinson-Neal Dec 2006

Using Emerging Technologies To Serve The Underserved, Andree Robinson-Neal

Andree Robinson-Neal

Community colleges in America developed out of a need to fill the gap between high school or technical education and university-level study. The two-year postsecondary experience which is typically offered at locations that are “community friendly” has attracted persons of color and those with more conservative economic means in ever-increasing numbers. Historically, these marginalized populations have experienced educational inequalities in larger numbers than other groups. As statistics show increasing enrollments from members of these groups, community colleges must provide and improve services that appropriately address both student need and societal demand. Students who are able to successfully obtain transfer to …

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Using Pandemic Planning To Promote Disaster Recovery - Or What I Learned From The Bird Flu, Valerie Lucus Cem, Cbcp, Laine Keneller Dec 2006

Using Pandemic Planning To Promote Disaster Recovery - Or What I Learned From The Bird Flu, Valerie Lucus Cem, Cbcp, Laine Keneller

Valerie Lucus-McEwen CEM CBCP

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