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Examining The Barriers To The Continuing Education Of Early Childhood Teacher Assistants, Colleen Louise Wright
Examining The Barriers To The Continuing Education Of Early Childhood Teacher Assistants, Colleen Louise Wright
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 required teacher assistants (TAs) to obtain their child development associate (CDA) credential by September of 2015. TAs who had not obtained their CDA within the required timeframe were either demoted or terminated from their positions. However, with the increase of working parents, the need for quality early childhood education has risen. In this project study, the barriers TAs confront in regards to their decision to continue their schooling to obtain a CDA credential were examined, as were the factors that deterred or prevented them from enrolling in or completing a …
African-American Males In Higher Education, Cedric G. Sanders
African-American Males In Higher Education, Cedric G. Sanders
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this roundtable proposal is to present and frame a future research project challenging the narrative of disparity on African-American males in higher education and advocate the need for scholarship that focuses on positive stories of how African-American males navigate in higher education.